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Name	John Turnbull
Born	1841 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Died	9 March, 1916 (aged ~ 75) Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Turnbull, Matilda Jane (wife) Turnbull, Richard (son) Woolley, Alfred (father-in-law) Fairbairn, George (employer)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (sheep) (1870-1916) Queensland, Australia racehorse owner (1880-1916) Victoria, Australia racehorse breeder (1890-1916) Victoria, Australia
Key Events *	Melbourne Cup (1890) (racehorse owner)
Key Organisations *	Lansdowne Pastoral Co (founder) New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co (company director) Victoria Racing Club (committee member, ?-1916)
Properties *	Bayrick (Qld) (owner, ?-1916) Evesham (Qld) (owner) Lansdowne (Qld) (co-owner, ?-1916) Peak Downs (Qld) (station manager) Tambo (Qld) (owner, ?-1916)

* Dates are approximate

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