Malcolm Geddes (1832–1916) was

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of the

City of Toowoomba The City of Toowoomba was a local government area on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Toowoomba. The City covered an area ...

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in 1895. He was born in 1832 in Lurgon,

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, and married Mary McStay in 1855 in Ireland. He died on 2 July 1916 in Toowoomba.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, Malcolm 1832 births 1916 deaths Mayors of Toowoomba Colony of Queensland people