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John Cox Bray
1894Jun, 13

John Cox Bray

John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
Sir John Cox Bray (31 May 1842 – 13 June 1894) was a prominent South Australian politician and the first native-born Premier of South Australia (1881–1884).

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