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Name	William Edward Parry-Okeden
Born	13 May, 1840 Marranumbla station, Snowy River, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 August, 1926 (aged 86) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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] Parry-Okeden, David (father) Parry-Okeden, William Nugent Fitzmaurice (grandson) Mulun, Magdalena (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	horseman/woman (1857-1905) Queensland, Australia explorer (1862-1863) Queensland, Australia racehorse owner (1862-1926) Queensland, Australia public servant (1870-1905) Queensland, Australia magistrate (1872-1905) Queensland, Australia public service head (1889-1905) Queensland, Australia police chief (1895-1905) Queensland, Australia protector of Aboriginals (1895-1905) Queensland, Australia

* Dates are approximate