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Person
Authorized form of name
Macdonald, Alexander Rose
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- Macdonald, A.R.
- Macdonald, Alexander
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Description area
Dates of existence
1845-1931
History
Civil servant Alexander Rose Macdonald was born in Inverness in 1845 and initially migrated to Australia to grow sugar in a business venture with his brother which ultimately failed. Following this, he joined the public service working in various positions in North Queensland, including as an Immigration Agent, Police Magistrate and Gold Warden, before becoming Undersecretary of Mines and Gold Warden for Brisbane in 1899. He married Nancy Armitage in 1880. He retired in 1915 and died in 1931. He is buried at Toowong Cemetary.
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Status
Revised
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Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, FF, 16-Nov-2020; Revised, FF, 02-Mar-2020.
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Sources
A.C. Crombie (1974). 'Macdonald, Alexander Rose (1845–1931)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed online 16-Mar-2020.
Maintenance notes
Revised with history and sources, FF, 16-Nov-2020; Revised with other forms of name and dates of existence, Flic French, 02-Mar-2020.