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Archibald Meston
Archibald Meston (26 March 1851 – 11 March 1924) was an Australian politician, civil servant, journalist, naturalist and explorer.
Archibald Meston was born at Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Meston.
Meston migrated with his parents to Sydney in 1859, his family subsequently taking up farming at Ulmarra, New South Wales on the Clarence River.
Meston married Margaret Frances Prowse Shaw in Sydney on 22 August 1871.
After a long and varied career, Meston retired to Brisbane where he died (a pauper) of tetanus on 11 March 1924. Meston was survived by his wife and, out of seven children, by four sons and a daughter. He is buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.
In 1874, after travelling from New South Wales, he managed Dr John Waugh's Pearlwell sugar plantation on the Brisbane River. The site is east of Oxley Creek, where it flows into the Brisbane River.
From 1875 to 1881 he was editor of the Ipswich Observer. He was later the editor of The Toowoomba Chronicle.
From 1878 to 1882 he represented Rosewood in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, where he was a strong supporter of Queensland Premier Thomas McIlwraith.
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Archibald Meston
Archibald Meston (26 March 1851 – 11 March 1924) was an Australian politician, civil servant, journalist, naturalist and explorer.
Archibald Meston was born at Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Meston.
Meston migrated with his parents to Sydney in 1859, his family subsequently taking up farming at Ulmarra, New South Wales on the Clarence River.
Meston married Margaret Frances Prowse Shaw in Sydney on 22 August 1871.
After a long and varied career, Meston retired to Brisbane where he died (a pauper) of tetanus on 11 March 1924. Meston was survived by his wife and, out of seven children, by four sons and a daughter. He is buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.
In 1874, after travelling from New South Wales, he managed Dr John Waugh's Pearlwell sugar plantation on the Brisbane River. The site is east of Oxley Creek, where it flows into the Brisbane River.
From 1875 to 1881 he was editor of the Ipswich Observer. He was later the editor of The Toowoomba Chronicle.
From 1878 to 1882 he represented Rosewood in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, where he was a strong supporter of Queensland Premier Thomas McIlwraith.
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