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    FRANK McGRATH

    Aug 31, 2021 2 minutes

    McGrath, Francis (1866–1947)

    by Richard Waterhouse

    This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, (MUP), 2000

    Francis McGrath (1866-1947), jockey and racehorse-trainer, was born on 17 October 1866 at Boorowa, New South Wales, eldest of three sons of James McGrath, carpenter, and his second wife Catherine, née Cahill (late Kane), both from

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