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Name	Harold Edward Porter
Born	16 February, 1911 Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 September, 1984 (aged 73) Thornbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	motor vehicle accident
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Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1927-1937) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1937-1982) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1940-1945) South Australia, Australia novelist (1945-1982) Victoria, Australia playwright (1945-1982) Victoria, Australia poet (1945-1982) Victoria, Australia librarian (1953-1960) Victoria, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1960-1975) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate