John Dunstan Baragwanath (1817 – 22 January 1885) was a miner and politician in colonial

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, a member of the

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. Baragwanath was born in

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, England, the son of John Dunstan Baragwanath Senior and his wife Mary, ''nee'' Quick. Baragwanath the younger arrived in Victoria in the early 1850s and worked on the goldfields. In November 1856, Baragwanath was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Rodney, a position he held until resigning in December 1857. Baragwanath died in

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, on 22 January 1885.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baragwanath, John Dunstan 1817 births 1885 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from St Ives, Cornwall Australian people of Cornish descent British emigrants to Australia 19th-century Australian politicians