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Name	Irene Agnes Saxby
Alternative Names	Irene Agnes Rush
Born	17 March, 1902 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 February, 2004 (aged 101) Avalon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Saxby, Kenneth Knowlton (brother) Duncan, William (colleague) Maloney, James Joseph (colleague)
Education *	West Maitland Girls' High School (NSW) (student, 1914-1916) Newcastle High School (NSW) (student, 1917-1918) University of Sydney (student, 1919-1922)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1923-1931) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1942-1944) Federal, Australia
Key Events *	Royal Commission on Communism (Vic, 1949-50) (named in)
Key Organisations *	Australia Russia Friendship Society (NSW) (committee member) Australian Assembly for Peace (NSW) (member) New South Wales Teachers Federation (member, 1928-1931)

* Dates are approximate

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