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Fairfax, Sir James Reading (1834–1919)

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James Fairfax, by Tom Roberts, 1898

James Fairfax, by Tom Roberts, 1898

National Portrait Gallery, 2002.74

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James Fairfax, by Tom Roberts, 1898

James Fairfax, by Tom Roberts, 1898

National Portrait Gallery, 2002.74

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17 October, 1834
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

Death

28 March, 1919 (aged 84)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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