John McWhae
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John McWhae
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Sir John McWhae was an Australian politician. He was born in Ballarat to miner Peter McWhae and Grace Wilson. His father found success on the Ballarat goldfields and the family returned to Scotland for a time, returning to Victoria in 1871. McWhae worked as a bank clerk before becoming a sharebroker and a member of the Ballarat Stock Exchange. From around 1890 he worked on the Melbourne Stock Exchange, and he secured his own fortune speculating on the Kalgoorlie boom in 1899 (after early success
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Australian politician
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2023-12-10T21:59:20Z
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