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Name	Emma Jane Callaghan
Alternative Names	Emma Foot Emma Cook
Born	28 February, 1884 La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 December, 1979 (aged 95) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1905-1979) New South Wales, Australia midwife (1905-1979) New South Wales, Australia nurse (general) (1905-1979) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous culture recorder (1909-1979) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate