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Name	Francis William Bacon
Born	1847 Victoria, Australia
Died	5 August, 1921 (aged ~ 74) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1859-1862)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (sheep) (1870-1921) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Goodooga Cottage Hospital (NSW) (founder) Goodooga Cottage Hospital (NSW) (board member) South Australian Land Mortgage and Agency Co (chairman of directors) Warrigal Club (Sydney) (member) Co-operative Wool and Produce Co (chairman of directors, 1897-1911)
Properties *	Yamala (NSW) (co-owner, ?-1921) Warbreccan (NSW) (station hand, 1866-1870) Belubla (NSW) (station manager, 1870-1872) Warbreccan (NSW) (station manager, 1872-1874) Dumble (NSW) (co-owner, 1881-1896) Ballandool (Qld) (owner, 1896) Dumble (NSW) (owner, 1896-1921) Gunnee (NSW) (co-owner, 1908)
Workplaces *	Shanahan and Jennings (employee, 1866-1878)

* Dates are approximate

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