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Name	Alicia Teresa Jane O’Shea Petersen
Alternative Names	Alicia O'Shea Alicia McShane Alicia O'Shea-Petersen
Born	2 July, 1862 Broadmarsh, Tasmania, Australia
Died	22 January, 1923 (aged 60) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic 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] Goldstein, Vida Jane (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	women's activist (1905-1923) Tasmania, Australia social reformer (1906-1923) Tasmania, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Tasmania, Australia

* Dates are approximate