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John Cameron (12 March 1845 – 25 June 1914) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. ==Early years== Cameron was born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana, to parents Donald Charles Cameron, plantation manager, and his wife Margaret Anne (née Moore).〔(Cameron, John (1847–1914) ) – ''Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 3 May 2015.〕 His grandfather had been an officer of the 79th Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo. His father left for Australia in 1852 and after settling in Victoria his family followed on the SS Great Britain the following year. On their arrival, the family took up Native Creek and later Berremboke stations near Geelong.〔 Whilst in Victoria, Cameron attended Scotch College in Melbourne and Geelong Grammar School〔 where, he later claimed "I never did any good beyond being a good fighter".〔 After leaving school in 1859, he began work as a jackaroo and two years later the Camerons joined up with the Crombie family to drive their flocks to Barcaldine in Queensland. Around 1865, John Cameron went out on his own and found work as an overseer at Alice Downs before becoming manager of Wilby Downs.〔 The Camerons and Crombies joined with others to form a business partnership that embraced seven properties which John later became a partner in. In 1877, the business was wound up but Cameron, along with his brother-in-law, James Crombie, kept control of Kensington Downs and Greenhills. After that partnership folded in 1881, Cameron joined with his mother in the running of Kensington Downs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Cameron (Queensland politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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