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Name	James Cowie
Born	9 January, 1809 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died	14 November, 1892 (aged 83) Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish 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 *	saddler (1841-1853) Victoria, Australia landowner (1848-1881) Victoria, Australia Member of Upper House (1853-1858) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1859-1860) Victoria, Australia
Groups *	first elected Legislative Assembly (Vic) (1859) (member)
Key Organisations *	Geelong and Melbourne Railway Co (committee member, 1853) Geelong and Western District Fire and Marine Insurance Co (director, 1854)
Key Places *	Ballarat goldfields (Vic) (goldminer, 1851-1853)
Political Activism *	anti-transportationist (politician, 1850-1855) protectionist (politician, 1859-1892) federationist (politician, 1860-1892)
Workplaces *	Geelong Council (Vic) (councillor, 1850) Geelong Council (Vic) (mayor, 1852)

* Dates are approximate

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