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Name	Howard John Arkley
Born	5 May, 1951 Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	22 July, 1999 (aged 48) Oakleigh, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	drug overdose
Education *	Surrey Hills Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1956-1962) Box Hill Boys' Technical School (Melbourne) (student, 1963-1968) Prahran College of Advanced Education (Melbourne) (student, 1969-1972)
Occupation or Descriptor *	abstract artist (1970-1980) Victoria, Australia modernist artist (1970-1999) Victoria, Australia painter (1970-1999) Victoria, Australia art teacher (1980-1985) Victoria, Australia landscape artist (1985-1999) Victoria, Australia
Workplaces *	Prahran College of Advanced Education (Melbourne) (art teacher, 1980-1985) Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) (art teacher, 1983-1984)

* Dates are approximate