Search

Search Biographies Advanced Search Faceted Search

Show per page

The following commands may be used for advanced searching

*: Prefix search. Ex: Wash* will match anything starting with Wash including Washington.
+: Search must include the following term (AND operation). Ex: Washington +George will find George Washingtons.
|: Search may include either of the terms (OR operation). Ex: Washington |George will find either Georges OR Washingtons.
" ": Wrap a phrase with quotes to search the exact phrase.
( ): Add preferred clauses with parentheses. Ex: (Washington + George) | (Jefferson + Thomas) will find either George Washingtons or Thomas Jeffersons, but not George Jeffersons.
-: Search must not include the connected term. Ex: Washington -George will find Washingtons not named George.
~N: Edit distance search. Finds names similar to the one typed. A larger number N will produce "fuzzier" results. Ex: Wash~1 will find Wash, Hash, Wast, Mash, etc.

Use the following boxes to narrow your search to multiple subjects, activities, or occupations. These are cumulative filters, so only results matching all selected values will be returned.

Subjects

Occupations

Activities

Found 5 results in 142.29 ms.

McIlwraith, Thomas, Sir, 1835-1900. (8)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p15wt (person)

Sir Thomas McIlwraith was Colonial Secretary of Queensland 1879-1883 and again in 1888. In 1893 he became Premier of Queensland. Premier of Queensland, 1879 - 1883 & 1888; in 1883 he ordered the annexation of south-east New Guinea to forestall an anticipated annexation by Germany. This action was disallowed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Derby.