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Murphy, Dora Beatrice Coghlan

Pioneering feminist and professional business woman. A proficient shorthand writer and typist, she worked as a Clerk in the New South Wales public service in the Electoral Office, the Botanic Gardens and Child Services.

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Redfern
1853
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Neutral Bay
03 Dec 1933
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Murphy, George Frederick
30 Apr 1872 -