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Marin la Meslée, Edmond Marie (1852 - 1893) |
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| Geographer and Public servant | ||
| Born: 1852 France. Died: 17 December 1893 Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Edmond Marie Marin la Meslée came to Australia from France in 1876 and joined the New South Wales Department of Lands and the Surveyor-General's Office in 1878. He was primarily responsible for founding the Geographical Society of Australasia. Its first meeting was in 1883. |
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