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Rosstown (now Carnegie), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Carnegie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Carnegie had a population of 15,084.



Originally called Rosstown, after William Murray Ross, a prominent property developer and entrepreneur, a name change came about due to Ross' failed speculative developments, and in 1909 is was renamed Carnegie in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to secure funds for a library from the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Death

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID
1	STEPHENS, Joseph Douglas Jr.	25 Oct 1954	I3511