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Name	William Henry James Carr-Boyd
Alternative Names	Potjostler
Born	1852 at sea
Died	11 May, 1925 (aged ~ 73) Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	jackaroo/jillaroo (1861-1873) Queensland, Australia goldminer (1873-1875) Queensland, Australia explorer (1875-1882) Queensland, Australia prospector (1875-1882) Queensland, Australia explorer (1883-1883) Western Australia, Australia goldminer (1885-1895) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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