biography
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| lived:
| (1799–1878)
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| biography:
| Australian politician and clergyman, born in Greenock, Inverclyde, WC Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow University, arriving in New South Wales in 1823 with a mission to establish Presbyterianism in the new colony, and the foundation stone of Scots Church, Sydney, was laid in the following year. He was also instrumental in persuading the English government to subsidize those who wished to emigrate to Australia. |
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