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John Ainsworth Horrocks
1818Mar, 22

John Ainsworth Horrocks

John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)
John Ainsworth Horrocks (22 March 1818 – 23 September 1846) was an English pastoralist and explorer who was one of the first European settlers in the Clare Valley of South Australia where, in 1840, he established the village of Penwortham.

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