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Born December 9, 1906 • Australia
Died June 4, 1988 (aged 81) • Australia

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Douglas Nicholls
members of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders with Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and members of Parliament
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