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For Edward Walker Archer (1871–1940)

Robert Stubbs Archer (1858-1926), pastoralist and company director, born on 21 May 1858 at Croydon, Surrey, England, and Edward Walker Archer (1871-1940), pastoralist, businessman and politician, born on 12 December 1871 at Croydon, were sons of David Archer and his wife Susan, nee Stubbs.

Signed ADB entry by Lorna L. McDonald, independently confirming birth date, Croydon birthplace and both parents. It also gives the death: 'He died in Rockhampton of renal disease on 1 July 1940'.

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For John Murray (1837–1917)

John Murray (1837-1917), pastoralist and politician, was born on 15 August 1837 at Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of Peter Murray, coachman, and his wife Jean, nee Witherspoon.

Independent confirmation of both parents and of the exact birth date and place. Also records Ayrshire as being in SCOTLAND, where the tree's place row #1806 reads "Mauchline, Ayreshire, Wales".

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For Charles Frederick Adermann (1896–1979)

"Sir Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979), farmer and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives, was born on 3 August 1896 at Vernor Siding in south-east Queensland, eighth child of Carl Friederich Adermann, farmer, and his wife Emilie, nee Litzow, both migrants from Germany." ... "On 7 April 1926 at St Andrew's Anglican Church, Wooroolin, he married Mildred Turner" ... "He died on 9 May 1979 at his daughter's house at Dalby in the Darling Downs region of Queensland"

Identification, decisive on five independent points. Tree: birth 3 AUG 1896 at Vernor #1645; death 9 MAY 1979 at Dalby #281; father Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Adermann #11478; mother Emilie Johanna Luise Litzow #11469; spouse Mildred Turner #13469 (family 4192). Every one matches. Parliamentary Handbook PHID JLR gives b. 1896-08-03, d. 1979-05-09.

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For William Henry Groom (1833–1901)

"One son, Sir Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936), succeeded him as member of the House of Representatives for Darling Downs, and another, Henry Littleton Groom (1860-1926), served in the Queensland Legislative Council for sixteen years."

Identification. The tree record's children include Littleton Ernest Groom (b.1867) and Henry Littleton Groom (b.1860); the ADB entry names both sons with matching birth years, which together with the wife's name fixes the identification.

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For Littleton Ernest Groom (1867–1936)

"Sir Littleton Ernest Groom (1867–1936), barrister and sixth Speaker of the House of Representatives, was born on 22 April 1867 at Toowoomba, Queensland, third son of William Henry Groom, and his wife, Grace, née Littleton."

Identification. Matches the tree on birth year 1867, father William Henry Groom (#49774) and mother Grace Littleton (#49775); adds the exact date and Toowoomba as the birthplace.

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For Maurice Charles O'Connell (1812–1879)

Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell (1812-1879), soldier, public servant and politician, was born on 13 January 1812 in Sydney, son of Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife Mary, daughter of Governor William Bligh.

Identification evidence. Matches this record on birth date (13 JAN 1812), death date (23 MAR 1879 at Brisbane) and on both parents: father Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell (#50106) and mother Mary Bligh (#50095), daughter of Governor William Bligh. The ADB also names his wife as Eliza Emily le Geyt, matching the spouse recorded here (#50115). Birth place Sydney added from this entry.

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For Robert Cummin Katter (1918–1990)

Robert Cummin (Bob) Katter (1918-1990), businessman and politician, was born Cummin Katter on 5 September 1918 in South Brisbane, fourth child of Carl Robert Katter, a Lebanese draper, and his locally born wife Vivian Bridget, nee Warby. He became known as Robert Cummin Katter.

Establishes the identification of tree person #52280 with the federal MP. Matches on name, birth date 5 SEP 1918, birth place South Brisbane, and father Carl Robert Katter (tree #52289). ADB also gives the second marriage as 22 May 1976 to Joycelyn Marjorie Steel, matching the tree exactly, and the first wife as Mabel Joan Horn.

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For John Douglas (1828–1904)

"John Douglas (1828-1904), politician and administrator, was born on 6 March 1828 in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwarth."

Identifies the tree record: birth 6 March 1828 London and death 23 July 1904 both match exactly, and the parents named by the ADB (Henry Alexander Douglas, Elizabeth Dalzell) are the two people already linked here as father and mother.

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For Charles Boydell Dutton (1834–1904)

"Charles Boydell Dutton (1834-1904), pastoralist and politician, was born on 16 August 1834 at Patrick Plains, New South Wales, son of Henry Pelerin Dutton, a Hunter River squatter, and his wife Sophia Hume, nee Bell, whose family also had pastoral interests." ... "On 1 July 1865 at Brisbane Dutton married Martha Ann Alice, 17-year-old daughter of Captain Richard Coley" ... "He died on 5 February 1904 at Cooredulla and was buried privately by an Anglican clergyman."

Establishes the identification: parents Henry Pelerin Dutton and Sophia Hume Bell, and marriage to Martha Ann Alice Coley on 1 July 1865 at Brisbane, all matching the tree record. ADB gives the birth place as Patrick Plains (Singleton), where the tree has West Maitland; not overwritten.

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For Richard Ash Kingsford (1821–1902)

"Richard Ash Kingsford (1821-1902), merchant, politician and landowner, was born on 2 October 1821 in Canterbury, Kent, England, son of John Kingsford, maltster, and his wife Mary, nee Walker." ... "He died in Cairns on 2 January 1902 and was buried in the old McLeod Street cemetery. He was married twice: first, in 1852 at Bridge, Kent, to Sarah Southerden; they had one son and three daughters, of whom the eldest became the mother of the aviator, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith; and second, on 31 August 1892 at St Paul's, Launceston, to Emma Jane Dexter who survived him with one daughter."

Identification. Birth 2 October 1821 Canterbury and death 2 January 1902 Cairns match the tree's person row and its BIRT/DEAT events exactly; parents John Kingsford (#57482) and Mary Walker (#57483), both wives Sarah Southerden (#57480) and Emma Jane Dexter (#57481, married 31 August 1892 at Launceston) and the four/one child split all match.

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For John Murtagh MacRossan (1832–1891)

He was survived by his wife Bridget, nee Queely, whom he had married at St Joseph's Church, Townsville, on 1 October 1874, and by a daughter and five of their seven sons. Hugh Denis (1881-1940) and Neal (1889-1955) became chief justices of Queensland, and Vincent was one of Brisbane's leading solicitors.

Identification evidence. The tree record has the marriage to Bridget Queely in 1874 in Queensland and sons Hugh Denis (b.1881), Neal William (b.1889) and Vincent Eugene James (b.1883), matching the ADB entry's wife and named sons. ADB gives the birth year as 1833 where Wikipedia and Wikidata give 1832.

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For Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905)

Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843-1905), pastoralist, businessman and politician, was born on 24 August 1843 at Sydney, son of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan, nee Dunlop.

Source of the birth date and birth place now recorded on this person, and of his parentage. NOTE THE GENERATIONAL PROBLEM: ADB gives his father as Robert Archibald Alison Morehead (d. Sydney 1885), but in this tree #60212 is attached as a child of person #60211 alongside Margaret Agnes Morehead (#26018). See the companion citation from the ADB entry for P. L. Travers.

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For Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905)

Boyd Morehead, premier of Queensland (1888-90), was Lyndon's great-uncle

Identification evidence AND a flag of a structural defect. This tree already holds Lyndon (Helen Lyndon Goff, #26016) and her mother Margaret Agnes Morehead (#26018), whose father is person #60211 - the same person #60212 is attached to as a child. But a great-uncle of Helen Lyndon Goff is a BROTHER OF HER GRANDFATHER, so the premier was Margaret Agnes's uncle, not her brother. #60212 therefore appears to sit one generation too low, and #60211 is most likely Robert Charles Morehead (Margaret Agnes's father) rather than Robert Archibald Alison Morehead (the premier's father). No family op is proposed here; the correction is left to a human.

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For Hugh Mosman (1843–1909)

Hugh Mosman (1843-1909), mine owner, was born on 11 February 1843 at Mosman's Bay, Sydney, eldest son of Archibald Mosman and his wife Harriet, nee Farquharson.

Identification evidence. Matches the tree record on birth date (11 FEB 1843), birth place (Sydney), father Archibald Mosman and mother Harriett Farquharson. Signed entry by G. C. Bolton, first published 1974.

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For Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819–1898)

"Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819-1898), pastoralist and politician, was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, nee Hunter, of Dublin and Downpatrick." ... "Though he proposed to Cecilia in December 1863 and received parental approval, they were not married until 8 June 1865 in Sydney." ... "he died on 20 March 1898 at his home, Easton Gray, Toowong, Brisbane."

Identification evidence. Tree #64915 has father Arthur Palmer, mother Emily Hunter, wife Cecilia Jesse Mosman (1844-1885) and death 20 MAR 1898; ADB gives the same parents, the same wife (Cecilia, daughter of Archibald Mosman, d. 1885) and the same death date. Note the ADB birth date is 28 December 1819 against the tree's year-only '1820'; the tree value has been left untouched.

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For Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819–1898)

"Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819-1898), pastoralist and politician, was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, nee Hunter, of Dublin and Downpatrick." ... "he died on 20 March 1898 at his home, Easton Gray, Toowong, Brisbane."

Supports the corrected birthDate. The tree held a bare, unsourced year "1820"; the ADB gives a full date one year earlier. The same sentence names the tree's father (Arthur Palmer) and mother (Emily Hunter), and the entry's death date matches the tree's 20 MAR 1898 exactly, so this is the same man and the tree year was simply wrong.

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For Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900)

Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835-1900), premier and capitalist, was born on 17 May 1835 at Ayr, Scotland, brother of John McIlwraith. ... Thomas retained close relations with John, invested £3000 in John's business and on 6 June 1863 married Margaret Whannell, sister of John's wife. ... His second wife Harriette Ann, née Mosman, whom he had married in 1879, was Palmer's sister-in-law; she survived him with a fourth legitimate daughter born in 1881. ... He died in London on 17 July 1900 and was buried at Ayr.

Identifies person #64922 as Sir Thomas McIlwraith, three times premier of Queensland. Four independent discriminators in the tree record match this entry exactly: birth 17 May 1835 at Ayr, Scotland; marriage to Margaret Whannell on 6 June 1863; second marriage to Harriette Ann Mosman in 1879; death 17 July 1900 in London. The tree's parents John McIlwraith and Janet Howat also match the Wikipedia article.

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For Donald Charles Cameron (1879–1960)

"Sir Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960), soldier, pastoralist and politician, was born on 19 November 1879 in Brisbane, son of John Cameron and his wife Sarah Annie, nee Lodge." ... "On 18 February 1914 he married Evelyn Stella Jardine, granddaughter of John Jardine, at St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane" ... "He died on 19 November 1960 and was cremated with Presbyterian forms."

Identification, decisive on five independent points. Tree: birth 19 NOV 1879 at Brisbane #14; death 19 NOV 1960 (the same calendar day, his 81st birthday); father John Cameron #64937; mother Sarah Ann Lodge #64938; and family 20157 MARR 18 FEB 1914 at Brisbane to Evelyn Stella Jardine #64935. Every one matches. Parliamentary Handbook PHID JUB gives b. 1879-11-19, d. 1960-11-19.

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For John Cameron (1845–1914)

John Cameron (1847-1914), pastoralist, company director and politician, was born on 13 March 1847 at New Amsterdam, British Guiana, son of Donald Charles Cameron, plantation manager, and his wife Margaret Anne, nee Moore.

Independent confirmation of both parents and of birth in British Guiana, which the tree also records. ADB gives the birth year as 1847, agreeing with the tree, where the parliamentary register and Wikipedia give 12 March 1845; Wikidata carries both dates. Because the sources genuinely disagree the tree's bare "1847" was left unrefined.

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For John Cameron (1845–1914)

D. B. Waterson, 'Cameron, John (1847-1914)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

Byline fetched and confirmed as D. B. Waterson - the same author as the Biographical Register that the Queensland Parliament register page cites, so this is not an independent second source. Its Life Summary gives Birth 13 March 1847 and Death 29 June 1914 (aged 67). The death date is refuted by registration 1914/B/19590 (25 June 1914) and by both obituaries. Recorded so the discrepancy is on file.

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For Thomas William Glasgow (1876–1955)

"Sir Thomas William Glasgow (1876-1955), soldier, politician and diplomat, was born on 6 June 1876 at Tiaro, near Maryborough, Queensland, fourth child and third son of Samuel Glasgow, a farmer from Northern Ireland, and his wife, Mary Margaret Trotter, nee Anderson, an Englishwoman of Scottish descent." ... "On 21 April 1904 at Gympie, with Presbyterian forms, he married Annie Isabel, daughter of Jacob John Stumm, Federal member for Lilley."

Identification, decisive on four independent points. Tree: birth 6 JUN 1876; father Samuel Glasgow #65155; mother Mary Margret Trotter Anderson #65156; and family 20244 MARR 21 APR 1904 to Annie Isabella Stumm #65092. The ADB gives the same birth date, both parents' names including the mother's unusual middle names, and the same marriage date and spouse.

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For George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826–1876)

George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826-1876), explorer, public servant and politician, was born on 6 May 1826, the tenth son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and his wife Graeme, nee Hepburn.

Establishes the identification: birth date, Aberdeenshire origin and both parents' names match this record and its linked parents #69220 Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone and #65984 Graeme Hepburn.

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For David Hay Dalrymple (1840–1912)

David Hay Dalrymple (1840-1912), chemist, pastoralist and politician, was born on 14 December 1840 at Newbury, Berkshire, England, son of James Dalrymple, tea dealer, and his wife Georgina Hay, nee Dalrymple (or Dalrymple-Hay).

Signed ADB entry by Rosemary Howard Gill; independently corroborates birth date, birth place and both parents.

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For Alexander William Jardine (1843–1944)

A brother, Alexander William, was born on 9 October 1843 near Sydney, shared in the Cape York expedition, served on many government works in Queensland, became chief engineer for harbours and rivers and died in London on 20 March 1920.

ADB entry for John Jardine (father), naming his son Alexander William with an exact match to this person's recorded birth date and place (9 Oct 1843, near Sydney), confirming family 21025 (John Jardine + Elizabeth Jane Craig) as the birth family.

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For James Tolmie (1862–1939)

James Tolmie (1862-1939), newspaper proprietor and politician, was born on 25 July 1862 on board the Rajasthan, en route from Liverpool to Brisbane, eldest son of Scottish parents Roderick Tolmie, farmer, and his wife Helen, nee Macrae.

Identification: parents Roderick Tolmie and Helen Macrae match the tree's parents (#68263 Roderick Tolmie, #68264 Helen McRea), and the birth date matches exactly.

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For Robert Archibald Alison Morehead (1814–1885)

Robert Archibald Alison Morehead (1814?-1885), businessman, was born in Edinburgh, third son of Dr Robert Morehead, episcopal dean of Edinburgh in 1818-32, and his wife Margaret, née Wilson.

Establishes the identity and the birth place. ADB itself queries the birth year ("1814?"); it is recorded here as ABT 1814, which is also consistent with the entry's "died in Sydney on 9 January 1885, aged 71". A WikiTree profile gives 9 February 1813 instead; the sources disagree, so no firm date is claimed.

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For Robert Archibald Alison Morehead (1814–1885)

He died in Sydney on 9 January 1885, aged 71.

Source of the death date and death place recorded on this person. He was Sydney manager of the Scottish Australian Co. from 1841 until his retirement in 1884.