Person
Meston, Archibald (1851 - 1924)
- Born
- 1851
Donside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Died
- 11 March 1924
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer and Journalist
Summary
Archibald Meston was an observer of natural history and studied the habits, customs and languages of the Aboriginals he encountered. His book "Geographic History of Queensland" was published in Brisbane.
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Archibald Meston - Records, 1880 - 1900, OM64-17; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- Archibald Meston - Records, 1923 - 1924, OM72-82; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Archibald Meston - Records, 1880 - 1900; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Lergessner, James G., The sacred ibis : Protector of Aborigines Archibald Meston and Queensland race relations (Woorim, Qld: J. Lergessner, 2009), 240 pp. Details
- Meston, A.; and Bailey, F. M., Report of the Government Expedition to the Bellenden-Ker Range; upon the flora and fauna of that part of the Colony (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1889), 28, 127 pp. Details
- Meston, Archibald, Queensland Aboriginals: proposed system for their improvement and preservation (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1895), 35 pp. Details
- Meston, Archibald, Geographic history of Queensland (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1895), 228 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Stephens, S. E., 'Meston, Archibald (1851-1924), journalist, civil servant and explorer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 243-244. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050278b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- McKay, Judith; and Memmott, Paul, 'Staged savagery: Archibald Meston and his Indigenous exhibits', Aboriginal history journal, 40 (2016), 181-203. Details
- Memmott, Paul; and Richards, Jonathan, 'Where is the Aboriginal Act?: Archibald Meston and the emergence of Aboriginal policy in Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: culture, 12 (2021), 123-46. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2205-3239.12.1.2021.2021-05. Details
- Price, Sophie; Allen, Lindy; and Knowles, Chantal, '"The (not-so) sacred ibis": Archibald Meston, the colonial collector, and the Queensland Museum', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: culture, 12 (2021), 73-121, https://doi.org/10.17082 /j.2205-3239.12.1.2021.2021-04. Details
- Short, Philip, 'Frederick Manson Bailey (1827 - 1915), as seen by Archibald Meston', Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 196 (2023), 13-7. Details
- Thorpe, B., 'Archibald Meston and Aboriginal legislation in colonial Queensland', Historical studies, 21 (8) (1984), 52-67. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q633380. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91899910. Details
- 'Meston, Archibald (1851-1924)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492150. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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