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Name	Mary Philomena O'Brien
Born	13 September, 1940 Walgett, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 October, 2004 (aged 64) Walgett, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	University of Newcastle (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	aircraft pilot (1968-1980) Overseas aircraft pilot (1980-1990) New South Wales, Australia university teacher (1999-2004) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame (inductee) Nancy Bird Walton Trophy (recipient)
Key Organisations *	Australian Women Pilots’ Association (committee member) Australian Women Pilots’ Association (president) Australian Women Pilots’ Association (member) Mary O'Brien Wing of the Australian Air League (patron) Ninety-Nines (member) Zonta (Sydney) (board member)
Workplaces *	Wards Express (aircraft pilot, ?-1985) Dept of Aviation (federal) (aircraft pilot, 1985-1990) University of Western Sydney (aviation) (academic, 1999-2004)

* Dates are approximate

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