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Name	Wilfred Joseph Spruson
Born	29 March, 1870 Church Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 August, 1939 (aged 69) Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation *	federationist (1888-1900) New South Wales, Australia patent attorney (1888-1939) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1898-1901) New South Wales, Australia protectionist politician (1898-1901) New South Wales, Australia patent attorney (1901-1939) New South Wales, Australia

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