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Name	Esther Muriel Meaney
Alternative Names	Esther Muriel Sargent
Born	10 August, 1914 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Died	17 December, 2002 (aged 88) Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Canadian English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Alma Creek State School (Qld) (student, 1920-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farm labourer (1924-1940) Northern Territory, Australia tin miner (1930-1940) Northern Territory, Australia station/farm cook (1935-1940) Northern Territory, Australia caterer (1950-1960) Northern Territory, Australia communist (1950-1980) Northern Territory, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1985-1987) Northern Territory, Australia
Key Events *	Bombing of Darwin, 1942 (resident)
Key Organisations *	Darwin Housewives Association (NT) (member) Darwin Housewives Association (NT) (president) North Australian Workers' Union (member, ?-2002)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NT) (member, ?-1980)

* Dates are approximate

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