John Gerard Anderson
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John Gerard Anderson M.A., J.P., was a Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland
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Anderson, son of Rev. James Anderson, M.A., of Orphir
, Orkney, was born on 12 February 1836 and graduated M.A. at Aberdeen University, afterwards remaining there as a student of Divinity. He emigrated to Queensland in 1862, and became connected with the Education Service in September 1863 as first District Inspector of Schools. He was appointed Senior Inspector in June 1869, Acting General Inspector in September 1874, General Inspector in 1876, and Under Secretary for Public Instruction Queensland in November 1878.
On 17 April 1873, Anderson married Edith Sarah Wood, daughter of William Wood. His daughter, artist Susan Edith Anderson (1880–1961), married painter Theodore Penleigh Boyd of the Boyd family
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Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
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Anderson, son of Rev. James Anderson, M.A., of Orphir
Orphir
Orphir is a parish and settlement in Mainland, Orkney. It is averagely southwest of Kirkwall, and comprehends a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3½ miles , and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton...
, Orkney, was born on 12 February 1836 and graduated M.A. at Aberdeen University, afterwards remaining there as a student of Divinity. He emigrated to Queensland in 1862, and became connected with the Education Service in September 1863 as first District Inspector of Schools. He was appointed Senior Inspector in June 1869, Acting General Inspector in September 1874, General Inspector in 1876, and Under Secretary for Public Instruction Queensland in November 1878.
On 17 April 1873, Anderson married Edith Sarah Wood, daughter of William Wood. His daughter, artist Susan Edith Anderson (1880–1961), married painter Theodore Penleigh Boyd of the Boyd family
Boyd Family
The Boyd family is an Australian artistic dynasty. Members of the family over several generations have established themselves as painters, artists, illustrators, sculptors, potters, ceramists, writers, architects, graphic designers, and musicians....
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