# Edward Walker Archer

Edward Walker Archer (12 DEC 1871 – 1 JUL 1940); born in Croydon, Surrey, England; with Ada Jessie Rhoades; died in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 12 DEC 1871 – 1 JUL 1940

## Partners
- [Ada Jessie Rhoades](/p/ada-jessie-rhoades-6444.md)

## Timeline
- 12 DEC 1871 — **Born** at Croydon, Surrey, England
- 1881 — **Residence** at 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.
- 1891 — **Residence** at 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.
- FROM 1891 TO 1894 — **Occupation (Officer, British India Steam Navigation Company)** — 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.
- 1897 — **Immigrated** at Gracemere, Queensland, Australia — Arrived at Gracemere near Rockhampton as book-keeper and became a partner in the family firm R. S. & J. Archer.
- FROM 1900 — **Occupation (Manager, Targinnie Station)** at 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.
- 1903 — **Residence** at Targinnie, Queensland, Australia — Targinnie Station
- 1903 — **Occupation** at Targinnie, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- FROM 1904 TO 1907 — **Chairman, Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Company** — Chaired the Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Company. He also served several terms on the Calliope and Fitzroy shire councils.
- 1905 — **Residence** at Targinnie, Queensland, Australia — Targinnie Station
- 1905 — **Occupation** at Targinnie, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- FROM 12 DEC 1906 TO 13 APR 1910 — **Member for Capricornia, Australian House of Representatives** at 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.
- FEB 1907 — **Affirmation as Member of the House of Representatives** — 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.
- 1908 — **Residence** at Gladstone, Queensland, Australia — Targinnie Station
- 1908 — **Occupation** at Gladstone, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- 1913 — **Residence** at Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia — Harts Rd
- 1913 — **Occupation** at Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia — Grazier and Agent
- FROM 5 MAR 1914 TO 22 MAY 1915 — **Member for Normanby, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at 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.
- 1919 — **Residence** at Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — 15-Mile Station
- 1919 — **Occupation** at Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- 1925 — **Residence** at Keppel, Queensland, Australia — 15-Mile Station
- 1925 — **Occupation** at Keppel, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- FROM 1927 TO 1940 — **President, Rockhampton Agricultural Society** at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — President of the Rockhampton agricultural society from his retirement to Rockhampton until his death.
- 1930 — **Residence** at Keppel, Queensland, Australia — 15-Mile Station
- 1930 — **Occupation** at Keppel, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- FROM 1933 TO 1939 — **Chairman, Rockhampton Harbour Board** at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — Chaired the Rockhampton Harbour Board for six years.
- 1937 — **Residence** at Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — 298 Agnes St
- 1937 — **Occupation** at Fitzroy (electoral subdivision), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia — Grazier
- 1 JUL 1940 — **Died** at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
- JUL 1941 — **Probate** at 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.
- **Education** — Educated at Whitgift Grammar School and afterwards at King's College School, London. No placeId attached: the tree has no suitable London row.
- **Buried** at 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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