biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1857–1935)
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| biography:
| Pastoralist, born near Adelaide, South Australia. He left home at the age of 13, with five shillings in his pocket and riding a one-eyed horse. In 1886 he bought his first grazing station, and 30 years later he controlled lands greater in area than the whole of England. The ability to move stock to well-watered areas in times of drought, and selling in the best markets, enabled him to withstand the depression years of the 1890s and the Great Drought of 1902. During World War 1 he gave fighter planes to the forces, and made substantial gifts to charities and the government. |
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