Rare 1900 Queensland Australia Incoming Boer war Cover Brisbane J A Macartney Embossed QV Pre printed stamp at top right with BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA FIELD POST OFFICE ( 34 ) DE 17 00 cancel across stamp. Sent from Thomas F Gordon to J A Macartney, Queensland Club, Brisbane. Double Circle QUEENSLAND CLUB BRISBANE JA 20 01 cancel in violet at left at front. BRISBANE QLD JA 20 01 cancel at back. T.P.O. 10 JA 01 QUEENSLAND Transit cancel at back. Cover has been opened at top. Cover has numerous scrapes at edges. Some stains around cover. Condition as per photos, J A Macartney was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1834. His ancestors were notable members of the British ruling class of Ireland generally known as the Protestant Ascendancy. His great- grandfather was Walter Hussey Burgh, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his grandfather was Sir John Macartney 1st Baronet of Lish, County Armagh. He was educated at Lucan School and by private tutors in Dublin. In 1847 he emigrated to Melbourne with his parents. His father, the Very Reverend Hussey Burgh Macartney had come to Australia to take up the position of the Dean of Melbourne within the Anglican church, a role he held until 1894. J A Macartney decided to be a grazier after a brief flirtation with gold prospecting. He and Edward Graves Mayne (A Business partner), established numerous cattle properties over the next 30 years. In early 1858, Macartney rode into Rockhampton with fellow coloniser Dan Connor and Native Police officers John Murray and G.P.M. Murray. They found that the town only consisted of a store, an inn and two residents. Macartney soon acquired large parcels of land including large swathes of land occupied by traditional aboriginal owners who he ignored their claims to ownership. In 1859, Macartney attempted to stock the Belmont property he owned with sheep when a shepherd named Tarrant was killed by local Aboriginal men. 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Carr of the Native Police together with his troopers, the Macartneys, P.F. MacDonald and Henry Brisdon, formed an armed group which set out to track down those responsible. One account of this incident describes how around hundred of the tribe were rounded up and "it endedin the usual way and the bulk of the wild mob were shot." Macartney expanded his interests in Queensland and later on in South Australia in the now Northern Territory region. He continued to expand these properties but had enormous problems with the local aboriginal population and monsoons. In 1893 the global recession hit that forced Macartney to sell his holdings in the northern Territory. He was also forced to sell most of his other properties and resort to becoming a postman to help make ends meet. He slowly re-established some of his wealth and died in Brisbane in 1912. Rare 1900 Queensland Australia Incoming Boer war Cover to a famous Australian Pastoralist. Condition as per photos. International buyers- this item will be sent with tracking. PLEASE NOTE: International Postage is experiencing considerable delays due to restrictions on flights and customs. For more information on postage delays in specific countries please visit the Australia Post website. If the item being purchased is important to you, is highly recommended that international buyers opt for tracking.
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