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Name	Edna Crouch
Alternative Names	Edna Newfong
Born	22 November, 1915 Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	8 April, 1997 (aged 81) South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Ngugi Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Wynnum State School (Brisbane) (student, 1910)
Occupation or Descriptor *	cricketer (1929-1939) Queensland, Australia small business owner (1938-1942) Queensland, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1942-1999) Queensland, Australia
Awards	Indigenous Sport Queensland Hall of Fame (recipient, 1999)
Key Events *	referendum on Indigenous rights (1967) (participant, 1967)

* Dates are approximate