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Dornan, Alexander (1840 - 1918)

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Born: 20 September 1840  Co. Down, Ireland.  Died: 1918  Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia.

Dornan migrated with his parents to Australia when he was 6 months old. He was 12 months old when he arrived.

The family went straight to the Macleay and became farmers. While Dornan was a pupil at Fredrickton school, his father disappeared after heading for the goldfields in Ballarat in 1852. Dornan left school to help care for his family.

In 1872 he married Mary Mackay. In 1889 he built a big new home with the first galvanised iron roof in the district. He was a farmer and grazier and became a dairyman after floods destroyed his crops in 1893.

[Brief Biography compiled by Robin Hammond, January/February 2004]

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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: James Crowley
Created: 3 December 2003
Modified: 18 November 2005

Published by The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 5 April 2004
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 23 February 2010
http://www.nswera.net.au/biogs/UNE0615b.htm

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