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Name	George Lucas
Born	4 March, 1813 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 April, 1900 (aged 87) Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Anglican Congregational 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] Lucas, Mary Ann (wife) Squire, James (grandfather) Lucas, Nathaniel (grandfather) Lucas, John (cousin) Farnell, James Squire (cousin)
Occupation or Descriptor *	builder (1833-1870) New South Wales, Australia temperance advocate (1835-1900) New South Wales, Australia anti-transportationist (1840-1860) New South Wales, Australia community worker (1860-1890) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Total Abstinence Society (Sydney) (member, 1835) Sons of Temperance (NSW) (member, 1867-1900)
Workplaces *	Biloela Girls Industrial School (Cockatoo Island, Sydney) (superintendent, 1871-1873)

* Dates are approximate