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Life Summary

Name	William Henry Ogilvie
Born	21 August, 1869 Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Died	30 January, 1963 (aged 93) Ashkirk, Selkirk, Scotland
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 *	bush balladist (1889-1901) Victoria, Australia bush balladist (1889-1901) Queensland, Australia bush balladist (1889-1901) South Australia, Australia bush balladist (1889-1901) Northern Territory, Australia bush balladist (1889-1901) Northern Territory, Australia bushman/woman (1889-1901) Victoria, Australia bushman/woman (1889-1901) New South Wales, Australia bushman/woman (1889-1901) South Australia, Australia bushman/woman (1889-1901) Queensland, Australia bushman/woman (1889-1916) Northern Territory, Australia drover (1889-1901) Victoria, Australia drover (1889-1901) New South Wales, Australia drover (1889-1901) South Australia, Australia drover (1889-1901) Queensland, Australia drover (1889-1901) Northern Territory, Australia horse breaker (1889-1901) Victoria, Australia horse breaker (1889-1901) New South Wales, Australia horse breaker (1889-1901) South Australia, Australia horse breaker (1889-1901) Queensland, Australia horse breaker (1889-1901) Northern Territory, Australia poet (1889-1901) Victoria, Australia poet (1889-1901) New South Wales, Australia poet (1889-1901) Queensland, Australia poet (1889-1901) South Australia, Australia poet (1889-1901) Northern Territory, Australia bush balladist (1901-1916) Overseas poet (1901-1916) Overseas

* Dates are approximate