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Name	Sir Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby
Born	31 August, 1904 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	4 August, 1977 (aged 72) East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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] Madigan, Russel Tullie (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	assayer (1922-1924) New South Wales, Australia metallurgist (1924-1945) New South Wales, Australia mineral collector (1924-1977) New South Wales, Australia silver, lead, zinc mine manager (1935-1945) New South Wales, Australia mining industry leader/promoter (1951-1974) New South Wales, Australia company director (1955-1961) New South Wales, Australia company chief executive (1961-1969) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate