Facts: - imagesize: 200 px - death place: tibradden , rathfarnham , ireland - residence: greenough , western australia - caption: 19th century photograph of john davis - death date: 30 september 1893 - spouse: sarah heal - office: western australian legislative council - term end: 27 october 1884 - constituency: geraldton , western australia - term start: 12 march 1884 - birth date: 1817 - name: john davis - birthname: john sydney davis - image: john sydney davis.jpg - birth place: galway , ireland - nationality: australian - occupation: pastoralist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john davis -lrb- australian politician -rrb- .
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john sydney davis -lrb- 1817 -- 30 september 1893 -rrb- was an early pastoralist and mlc in colonial western australia .