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Name	Alexander Henry Tolmer
Born	1840 Kent, England
Died	30 October, 1928 (aged ~ 88) Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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.
Passenger Ship *	Branken Moor (1840)
Education *	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1851-1855)
Occupation or Descriptor *	drover (1855-1864) South Australia, Australia station manager (1864-1900) South Australia, Australia fruit grower (1900-1910) South Australia, Australia farmer (1910-1917) South Australia, Australia
Key Events *	settler/indigenous contact (pastoralist)
Properties *	Arkaba (SA) (station manager) Pondona (SA) (station manager) Talia (SA) (station manager) Mikkira (SA) (station manager, 1864)
Workplaces *	Campbelltown District Council (SA) (councillor)

* Dates are approximate

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