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Name	George Rutter
Born	23 October, 1859 Newport, Shropshire, England
Died	29 July, 1939 (aged 79) Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	stonemason (1885-1920) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1890-1939) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Eight Hours Day Committee (NSW) (member) Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1890) Sydney Trades Hall Association (member, 1890) Sydney Trades Hall Association (secretary, 1896-1939)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1891-1939)

* Dates are approximate

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