Archibald Meston
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rosewood |
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In office 26 November 1878 – 4 July 1882 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Jean Isambert |
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Archibald Meston 26 March 1851 Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Died | 11 March 1924 (aged 72) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | South Brisbane Cemetery |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Frances Prowse Shaw |
| Occupation | Civil servant, Journalist, Naturalist, Explorer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Archibald Meston (26 March 1851 – 11 March 1924) was an Australian politician, civil servant, journalist, naturalist and explorer.
Archibald Meston was born at Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Meston.
Meston migrated with his parents to Sydney in 1859, his family subsequently taking up farming at Ulmarra, New South Wales on the Clarence River.
Meston married Margaret Frances Prowse Shaw in Sydney on 22 August 1871.
After a long and varied career, Meston retired to Brisbane where he died (a pauper) of tetanus on 11 March 1924. Meston was survived by his wife and, out of seven children, by four sons and a daughter. He is buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.
In 1874, after travelling from New South Wales, he managed Dr Waugh's Pearlwell sugar plantation at St Lucia on the Brisbane River. The site is now part of the University of Queensland grounds
From 1875 to 1881 he was editor of the Ipswich Observer. He was later the editor of The Toowoomba Chronicle.
From 1878 to 1882 he represented Rosewood in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, where he was a strong supporter of Queensland Premier Thomas McIlwraith.
He lost his seat when a civil court case resulted in bankruptcy.
In 1881 he moved to Far North Queensland where he edited the Townsville Herald for a short time before moving to Cairns where he was editor of the The Cairns Post and lived on the Barron River until 1889.
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