Edward Walker Archer

Edward Walker Archer
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1871 – 1940 68 years

Born 12 December 1871 in Croydon, SurreyDied 1 July 1940 in Rockhampton, Queensland, aged 68

Grazier

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Partner

AR Ada Jessie Rhoades d. 1958

Places 28 locations

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1870s
Born 12 December 1871

Croydon, Surrey, England
1880s
Residence 1881 aged 10

Croydon, Surrey, England

Poplar Walk,Croyden.Edward 9 scholar,parents David 65 Australian merchant,Susan 50,and siblings Susan 16 scholar,William 21 ship builders pupil,Julia 24,,Colin 13 scholar,James 11 scholar,Charles 18,and Alexander 8 scholar.
1890s
Residence 1891 aged 20

Croydon, Surrey, England

1 Leamington Villa's,Poplar Walk. Edward ship owners clerk,parents David 74 Australian merchant,Susan 60,and aunt Elizabeth Stubbs. The household employs 2 servants.
Occupation (Officer, British India Steam Navigation Company) 1891–1894 aged 20

Worked for the British India Steam Navigation Company in London for three years after leaving school, before going to Canada to learn prairie farming. No placeId attached: the tree has no suitable London row.

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Immigrated 1897 aged 26

Gracemere, Queensland, Australia

Arrived at Gracemere near Rockhampton as book-keeper and became a partner in the family firm R. S. & J. Archer.

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1900s
Occupation (Manager, Targinnie Station) from 1900 aged 29

Targinnie, Queensland, Australia

Managed the firm's Targinnie station and the small goldmine inside its lease, in which he had invested. Existing residence events on this record place him at Targinnie Station as a grazier in 1903 and 1905.

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Residence 1903 aged 32

Targinnie, Queensland, Australia

Targinnie Station
Occupation 1903 aged 32

Targinnie, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
Chairman, Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Company 1904–1907 aged 33

Chaired the Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Company. He also served several terms on the Calliope and Fitzroy shire councils.

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Residence 1905 aged 34

Targinnie, Queensland, Australia

Targinnie Station
Occupation 1905 aged 34

Targinnie, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
Member for Capricornia, Australian House of Representatives from 12 December 1906 to 13 April 1910 aged 35

Queensland, Australia

Represented the central Queensland federal division of Capricornia in the Australian House of Representatives, elected as an Anti-Socialist and sitting later as a Commonwealth Liberal. He was defeated at the 1910 election.

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Affirmation as Member of the House of Representatives February 1907 aged 35

On being sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives he chose to make an affirmation rather than swear an oath, the first member of the House to do so.

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Residence 1908 aged 37

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Targinnie Station
Occupation 1908 aged 37

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
1910s
Residence 1913 aged 42

Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Harts Rd
Occupation 1913 aged 42

Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Grazier and Agent
Member for Normanby, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 5 March 1914 to 22 May 1915 aged 42

Queensland, Australia

Won the Queensland seat of Normanby at a by-election in March 1914 and held it until the state election of 22 May 1915, when he was defeated.

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Residence 1919 aged 48

Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

15-Mile Station
Occupation 1919 aged 48

Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
1920s
Residence 1925 aged 54

Keppel, Queensland, Australia

15-Mile Station
Occupation 1925 aged 54

Keppel, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
President, Rockhampton Agricultural Society 1927–1940 aged 56

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

President of the Rockhampton agricultural society from his retirement to Rockhampton until his death.

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1930s
Residence 1930 aged 59

Keppel, Queensland, Australia

15-Mile Station
Occupation 1930 aged 59

Keppel, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
Chairman, Rockhampton Harbour Board 1933–1939 aged 62

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Chaired the Rockhampton Harbour Board for six years.

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Residence 1937 aged 66

Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

298 Agnes St
Occupation 1937 aged 66

Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Grazier
Undated
Education

Educated at Whitgift Grammar School and afterwards at King's College School, London. No placeId attached: the tree has no suitable London row.

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1940s
Died 1 July 1940 aged 68

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Undated
Buried

Gracemere, Queensland, Australia

Buried with Anglican rites in the Archer family's private burial ground at Gracemere, near the homestead built by his uncles in 1858.

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1940s
Probate July 1941 aged 69

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Effects £573.5s.8d in England.Edward Walker Archer Elgin St Rockhampton,admin to Ada Jessie Archer widow ,Robert Rhoades Archer station overseer and Archibald Archer grazier.Sealed Llandudno 7th November.

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