Thomas Archer (pastoralist)

Thomas Archer, CMG (27 February 1823 – 9 December 1905) was a pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland (Australia).

[2] At fourteen years (or sixteen[3] ) of age Archer went with an elder brother to Australia, arriving at Sydney on 31 December 1837.

Travelling approximately on the line of the present towns of Warwick and Toowoomba, they crossed the main range at Hodgson's Gap, and established themselves for four or five years in the Moreton District.

Archer had retained an interest in the Queensland station, and the eldest son having been established at University of Edinburgh, the family sailed for Australia in March 1872 and spent about eight years at the station at Gracemere, about 11 km (6.8 mi) from present-day Rockhampton in central Queensland.

He also wrote Recollections of a Rambling Life (1897), printed in Yokohama for private circulation, which described his early years in Australia and his experiences in California.