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Peter Gordon Fraser was a Scottish public servant and later a politician and artist in Van Diemen's Land.

Fraser was born on 21 March 1808, the fourth child of Donald and Jane Fraser. Fraser commenced work at the Colonial Office in 1835.

Fraser was at one point the "Colonial Secretary in Van Diemen's Land", a position that later became the Premier of Tasmania.

References

1. "Fraser, Peter Gordon (1808–1888)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
2. ^ "Fraser, Peter Gordon (1808–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
3. "Colonial Secretary in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)". Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

• 1808 births
• 1888 deaths
• Scottish colonial officials
• 19th-century Scottish civil servants
• Van Diemen's Land people
• Scottish landscape painters