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Robert Roe Orr (1826–1900)

Death: Orr — May 5, 1900, at Duntroon, Otago, New Zealand, Robert Roe Orr, late of Otekaike and Station Peak, N.Z., and formerly of Garrawilla, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales.

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'Orr, Robert Roe (1826–1900)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/orr-robert-roe-28901/text36248, accessed 26 April 2025.

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Birth

1826
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

5 May, 1900 (aged ~ 74)
Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Cause of Death

cancer (neck)

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