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Name	Thomas James Coverdale
Born	31 October, 1854 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died	1 November, 1920 (aged 66) Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pleurisy
Occupation or Descriptor *	farmer (1875-1910) Victoria, Australia agricultural writer (1880-1899) Victoria, Australia local government councillor (1900-1909) Victoria, Australia historian (general) (1905-1910) Victoria, Australia local government head (1908-1909) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	South Gippsland Pioneers' Association (Vic) (member) Australasian (Melbourne) newspaper (correspondent, 1880-1899) Drouin to Poowong Railway League (Vic) (committee member, 1881) Bena Butter Factory (Vic) (company director, 1892) Great Southern Agricultural Society (Vic) (commitee member, 1892) Bena Debating Society (Vic) (committee member, 1905)
Workplaces *	Korumburra Shire Council (Vic) (councillor, 1900-1909) Korumburra Shire Council (Vic) (president, 1908-1909)

* Dates are approximate

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