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Name	William Edward Stanner
Born	24 November, 1905 Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 October, 1981 (aged 75) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English 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 *	journalist (1927-1932) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1932-1970) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1936-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia army officer (1942-1946) Federal, Australia academic (1949-1970) Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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