Australian Dictionary of Biography

20 October 1846
Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

3 July 1919
Scotland

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• Petrie, Thomas (acquaintance)

• public servant (1873-1874) Seychelles
• public servant (1873-1874) Mauritius
• public servant (1874-1888) Fiji
• colonial secretary (1884-1888) Fiji
• governor (1885-1885) Fiji
• governor (1887-1888) Fiji
• colonial/territorial administrator (1888-1894) Papua New Guinea
• explorer (1895-1898) Papua New Guinea
• lieutenant-governor (1895-1898) Papua New Guinea
• governor (1898-1902) Lagos
• governor (1904-1909) Canada
• governor (1909-1914) Queensland, Australia
• university chancellor (1910-1914) Queensland, Australia