Archibald Archer M.L.A., J.P., (18 March 1820 – 6 February 1902)
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was a
Queensland
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politician, a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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, and
Treasurer
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of Queensland. He was one of
the Archer brothers, an early Queensland pioneering family.
Personal life
Archibald Archer was born in
Fife
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, Scotland on 18 March 1820, the son of William Archer, of
Larvik
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, Norway.
At age 5, Archer went with his father to Norway and was educated in Norway. Later he spent five years in an engineering establishment in Scotland. Archer emigrated to Australia, where he arrived in 1842, but only stayed five months, subsequently spending thirteen years in the South Sea and Sandwich Islands. In the latter he was engaged on coffee and sugar plantations.
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Returning to Queensland in 1860, Archer took up his residence at ]Gracemere
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Geography
Gracemere is approximately west of the city of Rockhampton. Because of ...
station.
In 1896, Archer left Australia[Death certificate for Archibald Archer (original in Norwegian plus English translation) within Supreme Court Central District Rockhampton Ecclesiastical Files 42/1902, accessed 26 February 2013 at Queensland State Archives]
Public life
Archer was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as the member for Rockhampton
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from 27 July 1867 to 19 November 1869,Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as the member for Blackall which he held until 23 January 1886.[ During this term, he was ]Treasurer
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and Secretary for Public Instruction in the first Thomas McIlwraith Government from 5 January 1882 to 13 November 1883.[
On 5 May 1888, Archer was elected again to the ]Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as the member for Rockhampton
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(again) which he held until 4 April 1896.[ Archer was a strong advocate of the subdivision of Queensland. In 1892 Mr. Archer visited England in company with John Ferguson as a deputation on behalf of the Central Queensland Territorial Separation League.][
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See also
* The Archer brothers
References
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1820 births
1902 deaths
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
People from Fife
Treasurers of Queensland
19th-century Australian politicians