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Name	William Edward Murphy
Born	13 June, 1833 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 May, 1881 (aged 47) Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	St Mary's Seminary school (Sydney) (student) Sydney College (student, 1846)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1860-1864) New South Wales, Australia solicitor (1864-1880) Queensland, Australia grazier (unspecified) (1868-1880) Queensland, Australia Member of Lower House (1876-1878) Queensland, Australia
Properties *	Maradan (Qld) (owner)

* Dates are approximate

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