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Name	William Henry Wilks
Born	21 June, 1863 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	5 February, 1940 (aged 76) Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	free trade politician (1887-1901) New South Wales, Australia Orangeman (1888-1910) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1894-1901) New South Wales, Australia free trade politician (1901-1910) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1901-1910) Federal, Australia public servant (1910-1928) Victoria, Australia

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