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Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG

1847 – 1918

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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891 from Australasia Illustrated

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891 from Australasia…

an unknown artist
Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG age 44
W. A. (Sir John Forrest)

W. A. (Sir John Forrest)
1897

Julius Mendes Price, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG age 50
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