Person

McCombie, Thomas (1819 - 1869)

Born: 1819
Tillyfour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: 2 October 1869
Scotland
Occupation: Journalist and Social scientist

Summary

Thomas McCombie was an active politician in Victoria 1846-1851, 1856-1859 and 1868. While in England 1859-1866 he read papers to the British Association on aborigines and to the Social Science Association on various subjects. He was proposed as a FRS in 1864.

Published resources

Book Sections

Farrow, Fergus, 'McCombie, Thomas (1819-1869), journalist, merchant and politician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 132-133. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mccombie-thomas-4068. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16062145. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/54515507. Details
'McCombie, Thomas (1819-1869)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613371. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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