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Name	Paul Desmond Finn
Born	1946 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	27 September, 2023 (aged ~ 77) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education *	Cambridge University (UK) (student, ?-1975) University of Queensland (student, ?-1968)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1975-1976) Queensland, Australia legal scholar (1975-1976) Queensland, Australia academic (1976-1995) Australian Capital Territory, Australia legal scholar (1976-1995) Australian Capital Territory, Australia judge (1995-2012) Federal, Australia
Key Organisations *	Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (fellow) Australian Academy of Law (fellow)
Political Activism *	republican (?-2023)
Workplaces *	University of Queensland (law) (academic, 1975-1976) Australian National University (law) (academic, 1977-1995) Australian National University (Research School of Social Sciences) (academic, 1977-1995) Federal Court of Australia (judge, 1995-2012)

* Dates are approximate

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