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Name	Daniel James Mahony
Born	25 March, 1878 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 September, 1944 (aged 66) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	bibliographer (1906-1915) Victoria, Australia petrologist (1906-1944) Victoria, Australia public servant (1906-1944) Victoria, Australia biographer (1910-1910) Victoria, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1915-1920) Overseas ethnologist (1931-1944) Victoria, Australia museum director (1931-1944) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate