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Name	Thomas William Birch
Born	1774
Died	1 December, 1821 (aged ~ 47) Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Guest, George (father-in-law) Clark, Thomas (business partner) Kelly, James (colleague)
Passenger Ship *	Dubuc (1808) (medical officer)
Occupation *	shipowner (1808-1821) Tasmania, Australia trader (1808-1821) Tasmania, Australia whaler (1808-1821) Tasmania, Australia timber merchant (1815-1816) Tasmania, Australia land speculator (1816-1821) Tasmania, Australia
Legacies *	Birch's Bay (Tas) (eponym) Birch's Inlet (Tas) (eponym)
Maps *	Map of the Settlements on and near the Derwent River, Van Diemen's Land 1819, G W Evans (location)

* Dates are approximate