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      • First councillors
        • George Thornton (1819-1901)
        • Thomas Wheaton Bowden (1806-1878)
        • Samuel Thompson (1821-1910)
        • James Puidulles Edwards (1821-1908)
        • John Valentine Gorman (1821-1867)
        • Frederick Oatley (1818-1890)
        • Joseph Trickett (1817-1878)
        • David Bellamy Hughes (c1826-1868)
        • Richard Holdsworth (1826-1892)
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