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Name	Gideon Scott Lang
Born	25 January, 1819 Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died	13 July, 1880 (aged 61) Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lane, Eliza Jane (wife) Cape, Jane (sister-in-law) Cape, Henry (brother-in-law) Lang, Alice Scarvell (niece by marriage)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (unspecified) (1841-1880) Victoria, Australia squatter (1841-1848) Victoria, Australia explorer (1845-1846) South Australia, Australia explorer (1845-1846) Victoria, Australia explorer (1845-1846) New South Wales, Australia explorer (1850-1851) Queensland, Australia overlander (1850-1851) Queensland, Australia overlander (1850-1851) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1856-1857) New South Wales, Australia separationist (1863-1880) New South Wales, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1865-1865) Victoria, Australia company director (1866-1880) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Union Club (Sydney) (founding member, 1857)

* Dates are approximate

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