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Name	William Diggory Barnett
Alternative Names	William Digaree Barnett
Born	18 September, 1875 Kadina, South Australia, Australia
Died	29 July, 1940 (aged 64) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Occupation or Descriptor *	silver, lead, zinc miner (1895-1900) New South Wales, Australia newspaper owner (1910-1920) New South Wales, Australia printer (1910-1920) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) New South Wales, Australia butcher (1933-1940) South Australia, Australia
Workplaces *	Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW) newspaper (publisher) Amalgamated Miners' Association (NSW) (organiser, 1905-1921)

* Dates are approximate

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