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Life Summary

Name	William Stewart Harris
Born	13 December, 1922 Woking, Surrey, England
Died	6 December, 1994 (aged 71) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	meningitis
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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Coombs, Herbert Cole (colleague) Murdoch, Keith Arthur (employer)
Occupation or Descriptor *	cook (1947-1947) Northern Territory, Australia journalist (1951-1952) Queensland, Australia journalist (1952-1954) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1955-1957) Victoria, Australia foreign correspondent (1957-1968) Australian Capital Territory, Australia journalist (1957-1994) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1971-1994) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political writer (1971-1994) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	Vietnam War (war correspondent)
Key Events *	Springboks tour (1971) (journalist)
Key Organisations *	Northern Land Council (adviser, 1977-1978) Aboriginal Treaty Committee (member, 1978-1983)
Key Places *	Aboriginal tent embassy (ACT, 1972) (founder)
Workplaces *	Courier-Mail (Brisbane) newspaper (journalist, 1951-1952) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (journalist, 1952-1954) Times (London) newspaper (journalist, 1955-1973) Australian National University (anthropology) (academic, 1973-1979) Canberra Times (employee, 1980-1984) Canberra Times (editorial writer, 1980-1984)

* Dates are approximate