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Life Summary

Name	Alexander Cameron Macdonald
Born	9 August, 1828 Campbelltown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 June, 1917 (aged 88) Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English 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] Macdonald, Margaret Rainey (wife) Terry, Sarah (mother) Macdonald, Alexander Cameron (father) Terry, Margaret (sister) MacDonald, Maria (sister-in-law) MacDonald, Sara Nora (sister-in-law) MacDonald, Rose Ethel (sister-in-law) Warby, Robert George (uncle)
Occupation *	astronomer (1843-1917) Victoria, Australia grazier (unspecified) (1847-1848) Victoria, Australia station manager (1848-1849) Victoria, Australia surveyor (1849-1893) Victoria, Australia geographer (1851-1917) Victoria, Australia goldminer (1851-1852) Victoria, Australia accountant (1852-1876) Victoria, Australia land speculator (1852-1876) Victoria, Australia magistrate (1852-1893) Queensland, Australia real estate agent (1852-1893) Victoria, Australia local government councillor (1857-1863) Victoria, Australia company director (1860-1869) Victoria, Australia company manager (1876-1917) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (member, ?-1917) Colonial Bank of Australasia (founder) Royal Geographical Society of London (fellow, ?-1917) Royal Historical Society (UK) (fellow, ?-1917)

* Dates are approximate