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Telegraph' building are a particularly fine artistic achievement, both in conception and execution. He was a man who could ill be spared, but, having heard the cry and call of duty, he went forth to fight for the liberty of others.
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Margaret Wright (née Christie) and Moses Simpson Wright. The death record for Moses Wright shows he died when John was just 6 months of age. It is believed that Margaret Wright returned to her original place of residence at "Waulkmill", Rothiemay, Banffshire, Scotland sometime
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Lieutenant Wright, principal of the Adelaide School of Art, came as a great blow to me. Lieutenant Wright was a young man of high attainments and of brilliant promise. He was selected by the Government for the post of principal of the School of Art after he had actually
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