The Archer brothers were among the earliest European settlers in Queensland, Australia. They were explorers and pastoralists. Seven sons of William Archer, a Scottish timber merchant, they spent varying amounts of time in the colony of New South Wales, mainly in parts of what later became Queensland.[1] A substantial number of locations in Queensland were either named by or for them. They were, in order of birth:
Name
Birth – death
In Australia
Other details[2]
Charles Archer
1813–1862
1841 – ??
Died in Norway
John Archer
1814–1857
1839 – ??
Returned to his occupation as a sailor. Lost at sea.
David Archer
1816–1900
1834 –1852
Did not return to Australia. Father of Australian federal MP Edward Archer.
William Archer
1818–1896
1838 – ??
Died in Norway
Archibald Archer
1820–1902
1860 – c.1897
Became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1867. Died in Larvik, Norway.
Thomas Archer
1823–1905
1838 –1849, 1854–1855, 1872–1880
Became Agent-General for Queensland in 1881. Appointed C.M.G in 1884
Alexander Archer
1828–1890
1851 or 1852–1890
Bank manager, died with his wife Mary Louisa (daughter of Queensland Premier Robert Mackenzie) on the RMS Quetta in 1890[3]
Colin Archer
1832–1921
1853–1861
Became a successful shipbuilder in Norway
^Archer Family Correspondence 1825–1855, Box: 11261. Heritage Collections State Library of Queensland.
^Mary O'Keeffe (1966). Archer, Charles (1813–1862). Melbourne University Press. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2009. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^"THE LATE MR. ALEXANDER ARCHER". Morning Bulletin. Vol. XLIII, no. 8339. Queensland, Australia. 12 May 1890. p. 5. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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