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Name	Henry Frencham
Born	1816 Wexford, Ireland
Died	3 July, 1897 (aged ~ 81) Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	auctioneer (1840-1851) Victoria, Australia journalist (1841-1851) Victoria, Australia gold discoverer (1851-1851) Victoria, Australia goldminer (1851-1854) Victoria, Australia goldmine manager (1854-1867) Victoria, Australia grazier (unspecified) (1854-1895) Victoria, Australia landowner (1854-1897) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate