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Creator:
Bennett, Walter E
Date of birth: 1878
Date of death: 1967
Biography: Walter Bennett was born in 1880 and began his training as a lithographic artist in 1893 in Ballarat, working for a time in F W Niven's firm in Ballarat. In 1898 he was employed by Kerry and Electric Photo Engraving Co. as an artist and photo-engraver and in 1900 he worked as an art teacher at Ballarat Art School. Bennett joined the Mines Department in Melbourne in 1904 as a lithographic draughtman and was promoted to chief draughtsman in 1928. From 1944 Bennett was employed as a cartographic draughtsman and artist for Australian Petroleum Company until his retirement in 1949. He died in 1967.
Activities/Occupation: Artists, Draughtsmen
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