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Name	Patrick Cahill
Born	1863 Laidley, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 February, 1923 (aged ~ 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Spencer, Walter Baldwin (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	buffalo hunter (1883-1899) Northern Territory, Australia overlander (1883-1883) Northern Territory, Australia farmer (1906-1923) Northern Territory, Australia Indigenous artefacts collector (1906-1923) Northern Territory, Australia protector of Aboriginals (1912-1923) Northern Territory, Australia police officer (1918-1919) Northern Territory, Australia
Key Places *	Oenpelli Mission (NT) (superintendent, 1916-1920)

* Dates are approximate