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Name	Edward Riley
Born	30 January, 1784 London, Middlesex, England
Died	21 December, 1825 (aged 41) Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	suicide
Cultural Heritage	English Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	grazier (sheep) (1816-1825) New South Wales, Australia magistrate (1816-1825) New South Wales, Australia company director (1818-1825) New South Wales, Australia
Maps *	Plan of the Allotments of Ground, Granted from the Crown in NSW, J Burr and G Ballisat, 1814 (location)
Key Organisations *	Bank of New South Wales (director, 1818)
Workplaces *	Riley and Walker (senior partner, ?-1825)

* Dates are approximate

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