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About William Broughton

William Grant Broughton was a British-born Anglican clergyman who served as the first and only Bishop of Australia. Broughton was born in London and began his career as a clerk at the East India Company, before graduating from Cambridge University and being ordained as a priest in 1818. He was appointed Archdeacon of the Colony of New South Wales and arrived in Australia in 1829. Upon the establishment of the Diocese of Australia in 1836, he was installed as the first Bishop of Australia.

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Occupation: curate, politician
Position held: Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: May 22, 1788
Died: February 20, 1853

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