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Robert James Brown
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December 27, 1944, Oberon, New South Wales, Australia (age 79)
Political Affiliation:
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Bob Brown (born December 27, 1944, Oberon, New South Wales, Australia) Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate (1996–2012) and as leader of the Australian Greens (2005–12). Brown was raised in rural New South Wales, and he attended school in Sydney, earning a medical degree from the University of Sydney in 1968. After practicing medicine in London and in locations across mainland Australia, Brown settled in Tasmania in 1972, where he worked as a general practitioner. He soon became active in the local environmental movement, and in 1976 he was a founding member of the Tasmanian ...(100 of 413 words)

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