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Norton, John

Personal excesses sometimes obscured the social evil his newspaper exposed and diminished the influence he had on popular opinion including xenophobia, Australian nationalism and exposes of capitalist abuses.

Milestone
Born
Brighton, England
25 Jan 1858
Died
Melbourne, Victoria
09 Apr 1916
Name
Alternate
Baron Northcote of Exeter
Occupation
Position
1898 - 1901
03 Jun 1898 - 18 Feb 1910
1904 - 1906
Property
Owner of
1896