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Name	William Stawell
Born	22 March, 1860 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	1 February, 1938 (aged 77) Beaumaris, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Haileybury College (UK) (student, 1873-1876) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1877-1879)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1880-1935) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Barwon Heads Golf Club (Vic) (member, ?-1938) Frankston Golf Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1938) Geelong Club (Vic) (member, ?-1938) Melbourne Club (member, ?-1938) Melbourne Cricket Club (member, ?-1938) Royal Melbourne Golf Club (member, ?-1938)
Workplaces *	Stawell and Nankivell (partner, 1886-1905) Malleson, Stewart, Stawell, and Nankivell (senior partner, 1905-1938)

* Dates are approximate

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