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| | Duncan, Sir Walter Gordon (1885 - 1963) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | DUNCAN, Sir WALTER GORDON (1885-1963), pastoralist and politician, was born on 10 March 1885 at Hughes Park, near Watervale, South Australia, third of six children of (Sir) John James Duncan, a Scottish-born pastoralist and politician, and his second wife Jean Gordon, née Grant, from England. |
 | | Young Walter was educated at Cheltenham College, Gloucester, England (1897-98), and at the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide. |
 | | In 1918, as a Coalitionist, Walter was returned to the Legislative Council as a member for Midland, the district which his father had represented in 1900-13. |
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