Gresley Lukin

Gresley Lukin
Gresley Lukin about 1880 (photo: Brisbane Courier 1926)
Born(1840-11-21)21 November 1840
Launceston, Tasmania
Died12 September 1916(1916-09-12) (aged 75)
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Journalist, newspaper proprietor, editor-in-chief of the Brisbane Courier and its weekly the Queenslander, later the Queensland Boomerang 1890-1892, from 1896-1916 editor-in-chief of the Evening Post in Wellington, New Zealand.
Years active1873-1880 (In Queensland) 1893-1916 (in New Zealand)
EmployerBrisbane Newspaper Co
Political partyindependent liberal-oriented
SpouseRebekah Hall

Gresley Lukin (1840–1916) was an Australian public servant, newspaper owner, company manager and newspaper editor, most prominently the part-proprietor of the Brisbane Newspaper Company (publisher of the Brisbane Courier and its weekly The Queenslander) from November 1873 to December 1880, then and still the leading journal in Queensland under the name The Courier-Mail.