George Kerr was an Australia

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n politician, grazier, and blacksmith. He was born on 7 February 1853 at Beadnell

Beadnell

Beadnell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated about south-east of Bamburgh, on the North Sea coast, and has a population of 528....

, Northumberland

Northumberland

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, England

England

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 and after training to become a blacksmith moved to Queensland in 1877. In 1893 he was elected to represent the electoral district of Barcoo in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 and served in that post until 1909. He died on 18 January 1930 in Brisbane and was buried in Toowong Cemetery

Toowong Cemetery

The Brisbane General Cemetery also known as Toowong Cemetery at Toowong, Brisbane was established in 1866 and formally opened in 1875. It is Queensland's largest cemetery and is located on forty-four hectares of land at the corner of Frederick Street and Mount Coot-tha Road approximately four and a...

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