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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001274b.htm person Meston Archibald Lawrence AACR2 5 June 1890 21 December 1951 Place of Birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia Anthropologist Anthropological Historian Educator Archibald Meston began his professional career as a primary school teacher then moved into secondary teaching and eventually became government education officer in charge of high schools. Through this latter role, he greatly changed the face of education in Tasmania. Apart from teaching, Meston's other main interests were in the anthropology and history of Tasmania. He wrote numerous books and articles in the field and was a trustee of the Launceston Library Board and the Tasmanian Museum. His two biggest contributions to Tasmanian anthropology were the discovery of rock carvings in Mount Cameron West (1933) and the large-scale shell midden excavation in South Cave, Rocky Cape. Meston was also an activist for the conservation of Tasmania's natural bush and his efforts helped establish the Cradle Mountain Reserve. 1906 1908 Education - Teacher training at the Teachers' College in Hobart c. 1909 c. 1914 Career position - Primary School Teacher at various schools in Tasmania including ones in Battery Point, Queenstown and Gormanston 1914 1914 Career position - Promoted to secondary school teaching 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Tasmania 1921 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Tasmania 1922 1922 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Tasmania 1929 1932 Career position - Headmaster of Devonport High School 1932 c. 1938 Career position - Headmaster of Launceston High School 1933 1933 Career position - Discovered and described rock carvings at Mount Cameron West, Tasmania 1934 1934 Career position - A Junior History of Australia commissioned and published by Oxford University Press 1938 Career position - Government Education Officer for Hobart then Education Officer for High Schools 1944 Career position - Member of the Tasmanian Schools Board

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 'Meston, Archibald Lawrence', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Meston, Archibald Lawrence Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Meston, Archibald Lawrence (1890-1951), educationist, historian and anthropologist Plomley, N. J. B. Meston, Archibald Lawrence (1890-1951), educationist, historian and anthropologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 489-490 Journal Article: Miscellaneous notes on the culture of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Plomley, N. J. B.; and Meston, A. L. Miscellaneous notes on the culture of the Tasmanian Aboriginal 1956 Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 20 191-200