The Archer brothers were among the earliest European settlers in Queensland, Australia. They were explorers and pastoralists. Seven sons of William Archer, a Scottish timber merchant, they spent varying amounts of time in the colony of New South Wales, mainly in parts of what later became Queensland.[1] A substantial number of locations in Queensland were either named by or for them. They were, in order of birth:
| Name | Birth – death | In Australia | Other details[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Archer | 1813–1862 | 1841 – ?? | Died in Norway |
| John Archer | 1814–1857 | 1839 – ?? | Returned to his occupation as a sailor. Lost at sea. |
| David Archer | 1816–1900 | 1834 –1852 | Did not return to Australia. Father of Australian federal MP Edward Archer. |
| William Archer | 1818–1896 | 1838 – ?? | Died in Norway |
| Archibald Archer | 1820–1902 | 1860 – c.1897 | Became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1867. Died in Larvik, Norway. |
| Thomas Archer | 1823–1905 | 1838 –1849, 1854–1855, 1872–1880 | Became Agent-General for Queensland in 1881. Appointed C.M.G in 1884 |
| Alexander Archer | 1828–1890 | 1851 or 1852–1890 | Bank manager, died with his wife Mary Louisa (daughter of Queensland Premier Robert Mackenzie) on the RMS Quetta in 1890[3] |
| Colin Archer | 1832–1921 | 1853–1861 | Became a successful shipbuilder in Norway |
- ^ Archer Family Correspondence 1825–1855, Box: 11261. Heritage Collections State Library of Queensland.
- ^ Mary O'Keeffe (1966). Archer, Charles (1813–1862). Melbourne University Press. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "THE LATE MR. ALEXANDER ARCHER". Morning Bulletin. Vol. XLIII, no. 8339. Queensland, Australia. 12 May 1890. p. 5. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.