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Name	Dick Roughsey
Born	1920 Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
Died	20 October, 1985 (aged ~ 65) Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	stockman/woman (1941-1960) Queensland, Australia painter (1960-1985) Queensland, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1971-1971) Queensland, Australia children's author (1973-1979) Queensland, Australia arts administrator (1974-1976) Queensland, Australia
Key Places *	Mornington Island Mission (Qld) (resident, 1927)
Properties *	Tallawanta (Qld) (stockman) Gregory Downs (Qld) (stockman, 1943) Lorraine (Qld) (stockman, 1950)

* Dates are approximate

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