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Pleasant, which he and his family built up over the decades. The homestead was built
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Melrose (12 January 1860 – 16 September 1938), of Ulooloo, lost his sight in 1901. He was a noted philanthropist. He married Emily Eliza Edhouse (1862–1923) on 17 April 1886. They had three children:
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Lillie
Margaret Melrose (17 Apr 1891 – 22 Jun 1970) married Arthur Gaynor Owen Smyth (2 October 1897 – 3 June 1970) on 12 December 1939; they had no children. Lillie cared for her father at Ulooloo.
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Ferguson ( – 29 June 1949) cared for her uncle Alex at "Chiverton", Wattle Park, and was bequeathed by him a parcel of land which became Ferguson Conservation Park, near
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Melrose (20 January 1887 – 19 December 1911). She married Charles Gerald Hack (27 September 1874 – 7 March 1936) on 29 October 1910, they had no children.
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