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Strathfieldsaye Estate
History : Harold Clive Disher, who graduated M.B.B.S. in 1916 and M.D. in 1921, having been a student of Ormond College, left his property "Strathfieldsaye", Perry Bridge, Stratford, Victoria, to the University when he died in 1976. The "Strathfieldsaye Estate Bequest" included the land, buildings contents, plant, equipment, stock, cash and securities for the purpose of establishing "The Strathfieldsaye Institute of Teaching and Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences". Archival records were transferred to the University of Melbourne Archives.
Activities/Occupation: Graziers, Early settlers, Farmers
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