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Name	Hastings Cuningham
Born	30 August, 1825 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died	19 September, 1908 (aged 83) St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	bronchitis
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 *	grazier (unspecified) (1845-1908) Victoria, Australia wool broker (1862-1908) Victoria, Australia frozen meat exporter (1874-1908) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Melbourne Club (member, 1870-1908)
Key Events *	first frozen meat shipment to England on Strathleven, 1879
Properties *	Bogomildri (Vic) (co-owner) Waitchie (Vic) (co-owner) Mt Mercer (Vic) (lessee, 1843-1846) Mt Emu (Vic) (co-owner, 1846-1854) Mt Gambier (SA) (owner, 1854-1880) Poon Boon (Vic) (owner, 1856-1908) Sandhills (Vic) (owner, 1856-1866) Mt Mercer (Vic) (owner, 1858-1860) Jingellic (Vic) (co-owner, 1865-1908) Mt Battery (Vic) (co-owner, 1865-1908) Murrabit (Vic) (co-owner, 1869-1873)
Workplaces *	Cuningham and Macredie (partner, 1862-1880) Hastings Cuningham & Co (partner, 1862-1880) Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co Ltd (partner, 1880-1908)

* Dates are approximate

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