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Name	Robert Henry Milliken
Born	13 September, 1946 Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 May, 2023 (aged 76)
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	Scots College (Sydney) (student, 1960-1964) Baxter College (University of NSW) (student, 1966-1968) University of New South Wales (student, 1966-1968)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1969-2023) New South Wales, Australia foreign correspondent (1970-1978) New South Wales, Australia war correspondent (1973-1978) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship (Standford University, US) (recipient, 1979)
Key Events *	Franklin River protest (Tas, 1978-83) (journalist)
Workplaces *	Australian Society (journal) (correspondent) Economist (UK) newspaper (correspondent) Guardian (UK) newspaper (correspondent) National Times (newspaper) (journalist) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (journalist, 1969) Independent (UK) newspaper (correspondent, 1986) Inside Story (website) (correspondent, 2009)

* Dates are approximate

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