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Name	Martin Wesley-Smith
Born	10 June, 1945 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	26 September, 2019 (aged 74) Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	University of Adelaide (student) University of York (UK) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1974-2000) New South Wales, Australia composer (1974-2019) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1974-2019) New South Wales, Australia songwriter (1974-2010) New South Wales, Australia conservationist (1980-2019) New South Wales, Australia scriptwriter (1980-2010) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Don Banks Music Award (Australia Council) (recipient, 1987) Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize (recipient, 1997) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1998) Order of Timor Leste (recipient, 2014)
Workplaces *	New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (academic, 1974-2000)

* Dates are approximate

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