Alexander Thomson (pioneer)
Alexander Thomson | |
|---|---|
Dr. Alexander Thomson | |
| Born | |
| Baptised | 28 March 1798 |
| Died | 1 January 1866 (aged 65-66) Geelong, Victoria |
| Occupations | Mayor of Geelong |
Dr. Alexander Thomson (1800[1] – 1 January 1866) was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 to 1858. Thomson was the first settler in the area known as Belmont, a suburb of Geelong and called his homestead Kardinia, a property now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
Thomson was the son of Alexander Thomson, a shipowner of Aberdeen and Margaret Smith, Scotland, baptised 28 March 1798. In March 1824, he married Barbara Dalrymple.[2]
In 1825, Thomson sailed to Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) as a surgeon on a convict ship
The suburb of Thomson was named after Dr. Thomson as well as Thomson Street Belmont, the nucleus of the Belmont Heights Estate which was until the first World War, part of his extensive rural property. A parish of the Uniting Church in Australia and the Alexander Thomson Cricket Club, competing in the Geelong Cricket Association, was also named after him.
References
- ^ a b "Alexander Thomson". VicNet. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ Gardiner, Lyndsay (1967). "Thomson, Alexander (1800–1866)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
Additional resources listed by the Australian Dictionary of Biography:
- Garryowen (E. Finn), The Chronicles of Early Melbourne, vols 1–2 (Melb, 1888)
- T. F. Bride (ed), Letters from Victorian Pioneers (Melb, 1898)
- H. G. Turner, A History of the Colony of Victoria, vols 1–2 (Lond, 1904)
- R. H. Croll and R. R. Wettenhall, Dr. Alexander Thomson: A Pioneer of Melbourne and Founder of Geelong (Melb, 1937)
- A. D. Gilchrist (ed), John Dunmore Lang, vols 1–2 (Melb, 1951)
- P. L. Brown (ed), Clyde Company Papers, vols 2–5 (Lond, 1952–63).