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Backhouse also served on the Senate of the
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proclaimed him one of the "most widely known and best-loved citizens, a distinguished figure in various spheres of life, and a rare personality".
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in Arts in 1875. After a brief period of teaching he
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386:"His Honour Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse"
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