Australian Dictionary of Biography

13 March 1847
New Amsterdam, Guyana

29 June 1914
Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• English
• Scottish

• Anglican
• Presbyterian

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• Cameron, Donald Charles (son)
• Crombie, James (brother-in-law)
• Westgarth, William (uncle by marriage)
• Hart, Percy Lloyd (nephew by marriage)
• Allan, James Thomas (business partner)
• Edkins, Edward Rowland (employee)

• Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1848-1850)
• Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1851-1854)

• overlander (1861-1863) Queensland, Australia
• farm manager (1865-1891) Queensland, Australia
• grazier (sheep) (1865-1891) Queensland, Australia
• employers' organiser (1893-1908) Queensland, Australia
• free trade politician (1893-1908) Queensland, Australia
• Member of Lower House (1893-1896) Queensland, Australia
• separationist (1893-1896) Queensland, Australia
• company director (1900-1914) Queensland, Australia
• Member of Lower House (1901-1908) Queensland, Australia

• Burns Club (Brisbane) (chief, ?-1914)

• Shearers' Strike, 1890-91 (pastoralist)

• Caledonian Society (Brisbane) (president, ?-1914)
• Emmanuel College (University of Qld) (founder)
• Moreheads Ltd (chairman)
• Queensland Meat Export and Agency Co Ltd (chairman)
• Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (member)
• Union Trustee Company of Australia Ltd (director)
• Central Queensland Pastoral Employers' Association (founding member, 1889-1914)
• Central Queensland Pastoral Employers' Association (president, 1893-1908)
• United Pastoralists' Association of Queensland (president, 1897-1908)

• Barcaldine Downs (Qld) (co-owner, 1864-1878)
• Alice Downs (Qld) (overseer, 1867-1870)
• Wilby (Qld) (station manager, 1870-1877)
• Greenhills (Qld) (co-owner, 1877-1881)
• Kensington Downs (Qld) (co-owner, 1877-1881)
• Kensington Downs (Qld) (owner, 1881-1914)