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Name	Samuel McBurney
Born	30 April, 1847 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	9 December, 1909 (aged 62) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish 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 *	composer (1870-1909) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1870-1876) Victoria, Australia educationist (1877-1894) Victoria, Australia school principal (1877-1887) Victoria, Australia educationist (1887-1889) New South Wales, Australia educationist (1887-1889) Queensland, Australia music teacher (1891-1894) Victoria, Australia school inspector (1891-1894) Victoria, Australia school owner (1894-1898) Victoria, Australia music conservatorium teacher (1902-1909) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate