Edward Drinkall Heather (6 October 1848 – 10 July 1935) was an Australian

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er and administrator. He played one

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match for

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in 1871. Heather was the honorary secretary of the

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for 30 years. He was a councillor for the

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for 18 years and served as mayor in 1888-89. He worked as secretary and librarian of the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute, and then, when the Institute library became the South Melbourne library, as librarian for the City of South Melbourne, a combined service of 38 years from 1881 to 1919.

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