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Name	Vere Gordon Childe
Born	14 April, 1892 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 October, 1957 (aged 65) Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 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.
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Elkin, Adolphus Peter (classmate) McKell, William John (influenced) Munster, George John (related entry)
Occupation *	academic (1917-1918) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1917-1918) New South Wales, Australia civil libertarian (1917-1918) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1917-1957) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1918-1919) Queensland, Australia private secretary (1919-1921) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1921-1957) Overseas archaeologist (1921-1957) Overseas political writer (1923-1923) Overseas

* Dates are approximate