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Archibald Meston Archibald Meston i(A9669 works by) (a.k.a. Archie Meston; A. Meston)
Also writes as: Maroogaline ; Ramrod
Born: Established: 26 Mar 1851 Towie, Aberdeenshire,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Mar 1924 Brisbane, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1859
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1 Untitled i "'Tis night and now the setting sun,", Archibald Meston , 1938 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 October 1938; (p. 4)
1 Early Governors : Subduing the Tugerie - Lord Lamington's Term Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 18 February no. 6857 1924; (p. 9)
1 Scrub Turkeys : Are They Doomed to Extinction? Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 29 March 1924; (p. 11)
1 South Coast Memories : The Old, Wild Days Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 17 March 1924; (p. 10)
1 Close Calls : From Many Causes, with Hairbreadth Escapes Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 15 March 1924; (p. 11)
1 Entertained By Cannibals Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 8 March 1924; (p. 11)
1 Wild Men and Wild Scenes Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 23 February 1924; (p. 11) This piece describes an incident where Meston assited a wounded aboriginal man, and also another incident where aboriginal people were lured on board a cutter by a policeman and shot by him, as some of that tribe were suspected of stealing a cutter.
1 Early Governors : Personal Notes - Three Popular Men Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 11 February no. 6851 1924; (p. 2)
1 The Cassowary : His Life History Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 29 January no. 6840 1924; (p. 9)
1 The Outer Barrier : Queensland's Fairy World Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 24 January 1924;
1 Back in the Fifties : Old Queensland - Hard Fighters and Hard Drinkers Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 21 January no. 6832 1924; (p. 9) Meston recounts the story of the hanging of an aboriginal man.
1 Tales of Old Times : Identities of the Downs Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 7 January no. 6820 1924; (p. 4)
1 The Mystery of Leichhardt : Where and How He Died Archibald Meston , 1924 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 5 January 1924; (p. 11) The newspaper contends that 'The story was obtained first-hand by Mr Meston years ago, from blacks who were present at the final scene of this great tragedy'.
1 Leichhardt : His 1845 Journeys : Two of His Lectures : First-Hand Observations Archibald Meston , 1924 single work prose
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 8 March no. 6874 1924; (p. 8)
1 Early Governors : Dip Into the Past : "Scholarly Gentlemen" Archibald Meston , 1924 single work prose
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 4 February no. 6845 1924; (p. 9)
1 Australian Christmases, Both Merry and Solemn Archibald Meston , 1923 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 22 December 1923; (p. 11) Describes a Christmas Meston spent alone with Cape York aborigines. They feasted on sea delicacies below a 'magnificent granite mountain'. Meston recounts how 'One of the blacks had been born at the foot of that mountain, near the waterfall, and in the morning he told me the ghost of his father had come down in the night from the mountain and spoke to him.'
1 Queer Christmases I Have Spent Archibald Meston , 1923 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 20 December 1923; (p. 16-17)
1 Black Man to White Settlement : In Jungle Times Archibald Meston , 1923 single work essay
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 1 December 1923; (p. 9) Meston muses on aboriginal pre-contact history. He comments "Was the aboriginal here in the days of Egyptian, Assyrian, and Grecian civilisations, or was he here for thousands of years before those ancient civilisations ever came into existence?". He further notes that "They had no storied urns or animated busts, no marble temples, no Pantheons or Coliseums, no wondrous halls of Karnak, no Temples of Isis or Jupiter, no Pyramids [...], but they have outlived all the ancient architectural races, although their camps were mostly constructed with 'roof of air and walls of wind', and their dead bodies went back to their mother earth, and vanished in oblivion!" He follows with a detailed imaginative reconstruction of Moreton Bay tribes in their locations, with their different activities.
1 Tropical Seas and Islands : Romance of Coral Reefs Archibald Meston , 1923 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 1 December 1923; (p. 12-13) General history and geography of the area, with an account of Meston's stay on Snapper Island, near the Daintree.
1 Away Out On the Barrier : Where the Dead Ships Lie Archibald Meston , 1923 single work essay
— Appears in: The World's News , 17 November 1923; (p. 11)
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