Mathew, John ♂

Education

B.D. 14.4.1892 by examination. Awarded in absentia.

Birth/childhood

Born 31.5.1849 at Aberdeen son of Alexander Mathew, factory overseer and Jean Mortimer.

Career

Studied at Melbourne University - M.A. 1.5.1886, B.D. ad eundem 1913, D.D. 1924.

Station manager, gold digger and teacher before going to University.

Minister Ballan 1887-1889. Coburg 1889 - 1923 (retired).

Studied and published on Australian aborigines.

Eaglehawk and crow: a study of the Australian aborigines. (London: David Nutt, 1899) Copy in University of St Andrews Library at s GN665.M2.

Death

Died at Coburg, Melbourne [Australia] 11.3.1929.

Sources

• UYUY325
• Alumnus Chronicle 41 p20