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Name	Rodney Paul Lyneham
Born	13 August, 1945 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	24 November, 2000 (aged 55) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Olle, John Andrew (colleague)
Education *	Balwyn Primary School (student, 1950-1957) Camberwell High School (Melbourne) (student, 1958-1961) Lyneham High School (ACT) (student, 1962-1963) Australian National University (student, 1964-1965)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1965-1969) Australian Capital Territory, Australia journalist (1969-1983) Overseas journalist (1983-2000) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Logie Award (winner, 1978)
Workplaces *	Australian (newspaper) (employee, 1965-1967) Canberra Times (employee, 1967-1969) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (employee, 1969-1981) Channel 7 TV station (employee, 1981-1987) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (employee, 1987-1995) Channel 9 TV station (employee, 1995-2000)

* Dates are approximate