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Name	Shirley June Stackhouse
Alternative Names	Shirley June Howes
Born	20 June, 1927 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 March, 2020 (aged 92)
Education *	Brisbane Girls Grammar School (student, 1939-1943)
Occupation or Descriptor *	columnist (1968-2000) New South Wales, Australia garden writer (1968-2000) New South Wales, Australia illustrator (1970-2000) New South Wales, Australia horticulturist (1972-2000) New South Wales, Australia television presenter (1985-2000) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2005)
Key Organisations *	Foundation and Friends of the Botanic Gardens (member)
Workplaces *	Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (garden writer, 1968)

* Dates are approximate

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