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Name	Henrikas Salkauskas
Born	6 May, 1925 Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania
Died	31 August, 1979 (aged 54) Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Lithuanian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship *	Skaugum (1949) (passenger)
Occupation or Descriptor *	painter (1951-1979) New South Wales, Australia printmaker (1951-1979) New South Wales, Australia contemporary artist (1955-1979) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Henry Salkauskas Contemporary Art purchase award (Art Gallery of NSW) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Contemporary Art Society of Australia (NSW) (committee member, 1957) Sydney Printmakers (member, 1961-1979) Australian Watercolour Institute (member, 1963-1979)
Workplaces *	Dept of Railways (NSW) (employee, 1954-1957)

* Dates are approximate