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| | Auld, Patrick (1811 - 1886) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | AULD, PATRICK (1811-1886), vigneron, was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland, son of William Auld, farmer, and his wife Mary, née Stevenson. |
 | | His son, William Patrick (1840-1912), was born near Manchester, England, educated in London and Adelaide, and entered the Surveyor-General's Department as a cadet. |
 | | The Aulds were among those who pressed for legislation to prevent the introduction into South Australia of the insect pest, Phylloxera vastatrix, which had caused great damage to vines in Victoria and New South Wales. |
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