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Name	Portia Mary Bennett
Alternative Names	Portia Wallace Portia James-Wallace
Born	28 January, 1898 Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 May, 1989 (aged 91) Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	art teacher (1921-1925) New South Wales, Australia teacher training college teacher (1921-1925) New South Wales, Australia landscape artist (1932-1989) Western Australia, Australia streetscape artist (1932-1989) Western Australia, Australia water-colourist (1932-1989) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate