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Born in India, Robert Dugdale went on to lead a varied and colourful life, the last twenty-five years of which were spent mainly in the Northern Territory, though he also spent some years in New Guinea. His later career included mineral testing, mining, caretaking, clerical work and writing, his one notable work being The Way of the World. Dugdale was also a keen spiritualist. At the time of his death, his wife and grown-up family were living in Western Australia.