Life Summary

Name	Robert Daniel Walshe
Born	28 December, 1923 Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	6 March, 2018 (aged 94) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Education *	Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1936-1937) Sydney Technical College (student, 1945-1946) University of Sydney (student, 1947-1950) Sydney Teachers' College (student, 1951-1951)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1939-1942) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1942-1944) Federal, Australia communist (1946-1956) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1952-1964) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1953-1980) New South Wales, Australia labour historian (1953-1980) New South Wales, Australia book publisher (1964-1970) New South Wales, Australia conservationist (1970-2018) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient)
Key Organisations *	Total Environment Centre (Sydney) (patron, 1888-2018) Outlook (journal) (supporter, 1957-1970) Total Environment Centre (Sydney) (co-founder, 1972) Sutherland Shire Environment Centre (NSW) (founder, 1991) Sutherland Shire Environment Centre (NSW) (chair, 1991-2000)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1946-1956) Eureka Youth League (NSW) (member, 1946-?)

* Dates are approximate

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