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Jean Baptiste Octave

Person

Family name
Mouton
Given name(s)
Jean Baptiste Octave
Gender
Male
Short description
a member of the Marquis de Rays' expedition which established a colony at Port Breton in New Ireland in 1881. When the colony collapsed in 1882, Mouton remained in New Guinea and ultimately developed the Kinigunan Plantation near Kokopo. He settled the Australia in 1929 but retained interests in the Territory, particularly as owner of the Rabaul Printing Works which published the Rabaul Times.
Full biographical data
<p><a href="https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mouton-jean-baptiste-7672">https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mouton-jean-baptiste-7672</a></p>
Person role
Businessman
Plantation owner
Birth date
October 9, 1866
Country of birth
Belgium
Death date
September 7, 1946
Country of death
Australia
Cause of death
Disease

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