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224:Travel and life in Australia
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401:"Obituaries in 1939"
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250:Mount Clere Stations
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460:Early Days
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210:James Bush
180:Early life
113:1855-10-11
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238:Mauritius
143:, England
122:, England
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254:Gascoyne
246:Bidgemia
230:jackaroo
162:Gascoyne
314:Bristol
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267:to the
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