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Meston, Archibald (1851 - 1924)

Publication Details:: Originally published in ADB, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 243-244
Author:: S. E. Stephens

Life Summary

	Meston, Archibald (1851 - 1924)	Find all people...
Born	1851 Donside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	born around 1851 in Donside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died	11 March 1924 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	died around 11 March 1924 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish	Scottish
Occupation * * The details in the Occupation section have been interpreted solely from the article's text. Question marks indicate that exact years were not given in the text. More about 'Occupation'	1860 explorer, New South Wales, Australia 1874 - 1885? plantation manager, Queensland, Australia 1875 - 1881 newspaper editor, Queensland, Australia 1878 - 1882 Member of Lower House, Queensland, Australia 1880? - 1910? local government councillor, Queensland, Australia 1883 - 1884 local government head, Queensland, Australia 1889 explorer, Queensland, Australia 1895 geographer, Queensland, Australia 1895 historian (general), Queensland, Australia 1898? - 1924? Indigenous culture recorder, Queensland, Australia 1898 - 1903 protector of Aboriginals, Queensland, Australia 1910? - 1917? journalist, New South Wales, Australia 1910 - 1917? public servant, Queensland, Australia	explorer geographer historian (general) Indigenous culture recorder journalist local government councillor local government head Member of Lower House newspaper editor plantation manager protector of Aboriginals public servant
Biography Author	S. E. Stephens	all biographies by Stephens, S. E.

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