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John Ainsworth Horrocks
1846Sep, 23

John Ainsworth Horrocks

John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
John Ainsworth Horrocks (22 March 1818 – 23 September 1846) was an English pastoralist and explorer who was one of the first European settlers in the Clare Valley of South Australia where, in 1840, he established the village of Penwortham.

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