James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
James Munro (7 January 1832 – 25 February 1908) was a Scottish born Australian businessman and colonial politician, and the 15th Premier of Victoria. He is best known as one of the leading figures in the land boom of the 1880s and especially the subsequent crash of the early 1890s, where his Christian morals were seen to clash with his business activities.
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London Conference of 1832
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Second Bank of the United States
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Convention of 1832
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