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Name	George Davenport Osborne
Born	6 August, 1899 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	5 October, 1955 (aged 56) Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
Religious Influence	Methodist 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.
Occupation or Descriptor *	geologist (1920-1955) New South Wales, Australia academic (1926-1955) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate