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Name	Frederick Augustus Packer
Born	1839 Reading, Berkshire, England
Died	1 August, 1902 (aged ~ 63) Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Packer, Charles Sandys (uncle) Packer, Robert Clyde (nephew) Palmer, Rosina Martha (pupil)
Occupation or Descriptor *	composer (1857-1895) Tasmania, Australia music teacher (1857-1895) Tasmania, Australia organist (1857-1895) Tasmania, Australia pianist (1857-1895) Tasmania, Australia public servant (1859-1894) Tasmania, Australia clerk of parliament (1866-1894) Tasmania, Australia
Key Events *	Royal Tour, 1868 (conducted royal concerts)
Key Places *	Parramatta Mental Hospital (Sydney) (resident, ?-1902)
Social Issues *	asylum patient (NSW, ?-1902)
Workplaces *	Dept of Postmaster-General (Tas) (public servant, 1859-1878) House of Assembly (Tas) (clerk, 1878-1894)

* Dates are approximate