Theophilus Parsons Pugh | |
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.jpg) Brisbane about 1870 | |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Town Of Brisbane | |
| In office 30 May 1863 – 30 January 1869 Serving with Charles Blakeney, George Raff, Alexander Pritchard, Simon Fraser, William Brookes, Kevin O'Doherty | |
| Preceded by | Robert Cribb |
| Succeeded by | George Edmondstone |
Theophilus Parsons Pugh | |
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| Born | 6 November 1831 Turk's Island, Caicos Group, British West Indies |
| Died | 14 March 1896 (aged 64) |
| Other names | 'Meeanchin' (pen-name, the Aboriginal name of the Brisbane River being 'Meeannjin', he used this to sign his articles in the Courier and other journals in the mid to late 1860s) |
| Occupation(s) | Public servant, journalist, newspaper editor, almanac editor and proprietor, government printer, politician, pioneer of compassion (humanitarian) |
| Employer(s) | Moreton Bay Free Press, Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane Courier. |
| Spouse(s) | 1st 1855 Annie Thompson Trundle; 2nd 1867 Jane Montgomery |
| Children | six in the second marriage |
Theophilus Parsons Pugh (1831–1896) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor, politician, publisher and public servant, as well as the editor-in-chief of the Moreton Bay Courier, which he in 1861 renamed to The Courier, renamed again in 1864 to the Brisbane Courier.