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Name	Margaret Selina Bettison
Born	24 April, 1927 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Died	3 April, 2024 (aged 96) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Roe, Jillian Isobel (friend)
Education *	University of New South Wales (student, ?-1988) University of Adelaide (student, 1947-1956)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1952-1954) South Australia, Australia librarian (1955-1956) South Australia, Australia librarian (1956-1963) Overseas public servant (1964-1968) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1969-1975) Federal, Australia librarian (1976-1984) Federal, Australia
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (library) (librarian, 1956-1956) Institute of Education Library, University College London (librarian, 1957-1958) Vancouver Public Library, Canada (librarian, 1960-1963) Library Board of Western Australia (employee, 1964-1968) Prime Minister & Cabinet (employee, 1969-1975) Law Library, UNSW (librarian, 1976-1984)

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