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Henry Ayers
1821May, 1

Henry Ayers

Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (d. 1897)
Sir Henry Ayers (now pron. "airs") (1 May 1821 – 11 June 1897) was the eighth Premier of South Australia, serving a record five times between 1863 and 1873.

His lasting memorial is in the name Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, which was encountered in 1873 by William Gosse.

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