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Name	Dominic Louis Serventy
Born	28 March, 1904 Brown Hill, Western Australia, Australia
Died	8 August, 1988 (aged 84) Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Dalmatian 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] Iredale, Tom (colleague) Hindwood, Keith Alfred (colleague) Marshall, Alan John (associate) Drysdale, George Russell (associate) Glauert, Ludwig (mentor) Whittell, Hubert Massey (collaborator)
Occupation or Descriptor *	ornithologist (1924-1977) Western Australia, Australia zoologist (1934-1969) Western Australia, Australia conservationist (1943-1974) Western Australia, Australia journalist (1947-1980) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate