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Name	Gilbert Gostwyck Cory
Born	1839 Paterson River, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 August, 1924 (aged ~ 85) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Education *	King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1852-1856)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (cattle) (1870-1915) Queensland, Australia
Legacies *	street names, Toowoomba (Qld)
Key Organisations *	Toowoomba Foundry (Qld) (director) Toowoomba Grammar School (Qld) (trustee, ?-1910) Toowoomba Turf Club (Qld) (member, ?-1924) Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland (member, 1872-1924) Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland (committee member, 1878-1924) Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland (vice-president, 1894-1912) Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland (president, 1912-1924)
Properties *	Vacy Plains (Qld) (co-owner, ?-1915) Cecil Plains (Qld) (station manager, 1860-1913) Tocal (Qld) (co-owner, 1873) Vacy House (Toowoomba, Qld) (first owner, 1873-1924)
Workplaces *	Jondaryan District Council (Qld) (councillor, 1883-1919) Toowoomba City Council (Qld) (alderman, 1889-1894) Toowoomba City Council (Qld) (mayor, 1891-1891) Jondaryan District Council (Qld) (chairman, 1894-1895)

* Dates are approximate

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