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Name	Josephine Violet Bulger
Born	25 August, 1900 Brungle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 July, 1993 (aged 92) Red Hill, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian 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 *	domestic servant (1939-1960) New South Wales, Australia
Groups *	Stolen Generation (removed child)
Legacies *	Violet's Park (Ngunnawal, ACT) (eponym)
Mission/Reserve *	Brungle Aboriginal Reserve (resident) Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (inmate) Hollywood Aboriginal Reserve (resident, 1938)

* Dates are approximate