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John Job Crew Bradfield!

John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943), civil engineer, was born on 26 December 1867 at Sandgate, Queensland,
fourth son of John Edward Bradfield, labourer and Crimean War veteran, and his wife Maria, ne Crew. His
parents, brothers and four sisters had arrived in Brisbane from England in 1857. Educated at the North Ipswich
State School and the Ipswich Grammar School on a scholarship, Bradfield passed the Sydney senior public
examination in 1885, gaining the medal for chemistry. Dux of his school, he won a Queensland government
university exhibition and in 1886 matriculated at the University of Sydney. From St Andrew's College, he
continued his brilliant academic career, graduating B.E. with the University Gold Medal in 1889

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