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Name	John Gray Brewster
Born	1823
Died	16 February, 1897 (aged ~ 74) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	stock and station agent (1861-1875) New South Wales, Australia company director (1863-1875) New South Wales, Australia grazier (unspecified) (1863-1875) Queensland, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Joint Stock Bank (director, 1863-1864) Australian Steam Navigation Co (director, 1864-1864) Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co (chairman, 1864-1864) Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (director, 1865-1875) Moruya Silver Mining Co (director, 1865) Sydney Insurance Co, Fire and Marine (director, 1866-1875) Peak Downs Copper Mining Co (director, 1870-1871)
Workplaces *	Brewster and Trebeck (partner, 1877-1897)

* Dates are approximate

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