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Name	John Smith Murdoch
Born	29 September, 1862 Cassieford, Elginshire, Scotland
Died	21 May, 1945 (aged 82) Brighton, 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 *	public servant (1884-1884) Queensland, Australia public servant (1887-1904) Queensland, Australia architect (1902-1904) Queensland, Australia architect (1904-1929) Victoria, Australia public servant (1904-1930) Federal, Australia public service head (1927-1929) Federal, Australia architect (1929-1930) Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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