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Name	Charlie McAdam
Born	1935 Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Died	Unknown
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	stockman/woman (1953-1963) Western Australia, Australia drover (1957-1963) Western Australia, Australia boxer (1958-1962) Western Australia, Australia rodeo/buckjump rider (1958-1962) Western Australia, Australia horse breaker (1963-1965) Northern Territory, Australia
Groups *	Stolen Generation
Key Places *	Beagle Bay Mission (WA) (resident, 1947-1952)
Properties *	Alcoota (NT) (employee) Lake Nash (NT) (employee) Moola Bulla (WA) (resident, ?-1947) Mt Dare (SA) (employee) Springvale (WA) (resident) Tanami Downs (NT) (employee) Springvale (WA) (employee, 1953)
Workplaces *	Central Land Council (employee) Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (employee, 1973)

* Dates are approximate

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