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Alexander Archer (10 April 1828 – 28 February 1890) was an Australian banker and one of the Archer brothers.
He left for Victoria in 1852, where he was appointed agent for the Bank of New South Wales at the "Ovens" goldfield (now Beechworth). He joined the bank on 21 June 1853.
He became manager at Kyneton, Victoria, in 1854, at Brisbane, Queensland, in 1864, and Inspector in 1867.
In 1857, Alexander purchased 100 acres of land in Victoria which included
Early life
Alexander Archer was born on 10 April 1828 inLarvik
Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...
, Norway. He was the younger brother of Archibald Archer
Archibald Archer M.L.A., J.P., (18 March 1820 – 6 February 1902)
was a Queensland politician, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and Treasurer of Queensland. He was one of the Archer brothers, an early Queensland pioneering ...
(1820–1902) and Thomas Archer (1923–1905).
He was educated at Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...
.
Bank of New South Wales
He left for Victoria in 1852, where he was appointed agent for the Bank of New South Wales at the "Ovens" goldfield (now Beechworth). He joined the bank on 21 June 1853.
He became manager at Kyneton, Victoria, in 1854, at Brisbane, Queensland, in 1864, and Inspector in 1867.
In 1857, Alexander purchased 100 acres of land in Victoria which included Hanging Rock Hanging Rock may refer to:
Australia
* Hanging Rock, New South Wales, a mining village on the Northern Tablelands
* Hanging Rock, Victoria, a rock formation
**''Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)'', a 1967 novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay
** ...
.
In 1871, he married Mary Louisa, the eldest daughter of Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie.
RMS ''Quetta''
After thirty-six years' service in the Bank, he left for England by the RMS ''Quetta'', in February 1890, accompanied by his wife, and on the 28th of the month both were lost in the wreck of that ship at the entrance to Torres Strait.References
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