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Name	Henry Dudley Melville
Born	1825 London, Middlesex, England
Died	2 October, 1908 (aged ~ 83) Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Passenger Ship *	Lalla Rookh (1840) (passenger)
Occupation or Descriptor *	drover (1841-1845) South Australia, Australia police officer (1845-1851) South Australia, Australia goldminer (1851-1854) Victoria, Australia customs officer (1854-1871) South Australia, Australia public servant (1854-1887) South Australia, Australia goldfields official (1872-1874) Northern Territory, Australia
Key Events *	settler/indigenous contact (settler)
Key Places *	Forest Creek goldfields (Vic) (goldminer, 1851-1854)
Workplaces *	South Australian Company (drover) Police Force (SA) (police officer, 1845-1851) Dept of Customs (SA) (public servant, 1854-1871) Forestry service (SA) (secretary to Board, 1874-1887)

* Dates are approximate

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