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Name	John Frederick Davis
Born	16 September, 1936 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 October, 1999 (aged 63) Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (rectal)
Education *	Melbourne College of Advanced Education (student, 1955-1977)
Occupation or Descriptor *	art teacher (1958-1992) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1958-1967) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1961-1999) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Blake Prize for religious art (recipient, 1993)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, 1973)
Workplaces *	Highett High School (Sandringham, Vic) (art teacher, 1963-1966) Caulfield Institute of Technology (Melbourne) (lecturer, 1967-1971) Prahran College of Advanced Education (Melbourne) (lecturer, 1973-1980) Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) (lecturer, 1981-1992)

* Dates are approximate