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Name	Lady Flora Marjorie Bassett
Alternative Names	Flora Marjorie Masson
Born	30 June, 1889 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	3 February, 1980 (aged 90) Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bassett, Walter Eric (husband) Masson, Mary (mother) Masson, David Orme (father) Masson, James Irvine Orme (half-brother) Berry, Richard James (employer) Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton (employer) Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (employer) Shaw, Mary Turner (influenced) King, Anna Josepha (subject) Gisborne, Henry Fyshe (subject)
Education *	Melbourne Girls Grammar (student, 1906-1906)
Occupation *	private secretary (1914-1916) Victoria, Australia biographer (1940-1980) Victoria, Australia historian (general) (1940-1980) Victoria, Australia travel writer (1962-1969) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (member)
Key Organisations *	Catalysts (member) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1969-1980)

* Dates are approximate