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Magarey, Thomas (1825 - 1902) |
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| Born: 25 February 1825 County Down, Ireland. Died: 31 August 1902 Enfield, South Australia, Australia. | |
| Thomas Magarey was a miller and pastoralist who served as a Member of Parliament from 1857-65. He learnt the milling trade in Ireland and came to Adelaide via New Zealand in 1845. There he worked as a miller and from 1849 as owner of the Hindmarsh flour-mill. For the last 30 years of his life he lived on his farm near Enfield, where he installed a telescope and studied the stars. |
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