7474 John Stevenson Illuminated Address, 1889.
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Stevenson, John, b. 1843.
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John Stevenson was born in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland in 1843. He was educated at the local schools, Greig's Academy, Perth and the Perth Seminaries. He arrived in Queensland at the beginning of 1864 to take charge of Ravensbourne Station on the Barcoo, for the Earl of Macclesfield. In 1870, he purchased the station from the Earl and in 1883 sold it along with the adjoining station, Forest Hill to Sir Francis Murray and Sons. In 1874 Stevenson formed Ruthven Station, on the lower Ba...