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Name	Jessie Lennon
Alternative Names	Jessie Austin Jessie Brown
Born	1926 Kingoonya, South Australia, Australia
Died	Unknown
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	opal miner (1950-1980) South Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1995-2000) South Australia, Australia
Key Events *	Atomic bomb test (Emu Field, Great Victoria Desert, SA), 1953
Key Places *	Ooldea Mission (SA) (resident) Umeewarra Mission (Port Augusta, SA) (employee) Wirraminna (SA) (employee) Finniss Springs Mission (SA) (resident, 1953)
Properties *	Bon Bon (SA) (resident) North Well (SA) (resident) Wilgena (SA) (birth place, 1926)

* Dates are approximate

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