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119:In office
66:In office
1414:Plimsoll
1399:Gairdner
1344:Havelock
1320:Hamilton
1257:Franklin
1153:Mitchell
1138:Nicholls
1133:Oliphant
1128:Harrison
1073:Le Hunte
1030:Robinson
1020:Musgrave
694:Archived
611:(1949).
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498:Anglican
405:Tasmania
302:St Lucia
290:Demerara
286:Trinidad
132:Victoria
109:1st
79:Victoria
56:5th
1419:Bennett
1409:Burbury
1404:Bastyan
1374:O'Grady
1315:Strahan
1305:Du Cane
1285:Before
1267:Denison
1237:Collins
1178:Adamson
1148:Dunstan
1123:Bastyan
1093:Bridges
1088:Weigall
1025:Jervois
970:Before
845:23 June
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788:23 June
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1384:Binney
1354:Barron
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1252:Arthur
1247:Sorell
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678:2021
588:2007
577:OCLC
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