Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves (7 September 1806 - 23 May 1874) was a Mayor of Melbourne and Member of Parliament

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 in Melbourne

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, Australia

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He was born in Knaresborough

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, Yorkshire

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, England

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 and emigrated to the Port Phillip District

Port Phillip District

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 in New South Wales

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 in 1840. He was a surgeon, publican and local councillor and was the Mayor of the City of Melbourne

City of Melbourne

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 between 1849 and 1850. He was also, for a short time, the editor of the Port Phillip Gazette

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 and the Melbourne Morning Herald.

Greeves was an MLC

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 in Victoria

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 from 1853 to 1856 and an MLA

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 from 1856 to 1861 and from 1864 to 1865. He died in Melbourne on 23 May 1874 at the age of 67 and is buried in Melbourne General Cemetery

Melbourne General Cemetery

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