Alexander Thomson (pioneer)
Dr. Alexander Thomson (1798 – 1 January 1866) was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 - 1858. Thomson was the first settler in the area known as Belmont, a suburb of Geelong and called his homestead Kardinia, a property now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
Read more about Alexander Thomson (pioneer): Early Life, Emigration To Colonial Australia, Geelong
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Ah, what shall language do?”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)