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Name	Michael Gordon Brown
Born	8 May, 1938 Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 April, 1997 (aged 58) Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1950-1955) National Art School (Sydney) (student, 1956-1958)
Occupation or Descriptor *	abstract artist (1961-1997) Victoria, Australia painter (1961-1997) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1961-1997) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Australian Artists Creative Fellowship (recipient, 1992)
Workplaces *	Commonwealth Film Unit (production assistant, 1960)

* Dates are approximate