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Savage, Robert (1818 - 1888)

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Agricultural writer and Inventor

Born: 24 March 1818 Cork, Ireland. Died: 12 July 1888 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Robert Savage settled in the Nangeela valley, western Victoria in 1839 and helped invent a reaping machine and stone-breaking machinery. He was the agricultural writer for the "Argus" from the late 1850s and was a member of the Land Tenure Reform League.

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Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000143. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 2 August 2006

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