Editing Colin Archer (section)

== Early life ==
Colin Archer was born in [[Larvik]] in southern Norway as the 12th of 13 children to parents who immigrated to Norway from Scotland in 1825. Before his career in naval architecture, he spent time as a farmer and administrator in [[Queensland]], Australia with [[The Archer brothers|several of his brothers]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=McDonald|first=Lorna|title=Over Earth and Ocean. The Archers of Tolderodden and Gracemere.|publisher=Central Queensland University Press|year=1991|isbn=0-7022-3145-2|location=Rockhampton, Queensland 4700, Australia|pages=138}}</ref> including David who first arrived in [[Sydney]] in 1834. During his time as an administrator he was contracted to produce a map of the [[Fitzroy River (Queensland)|Fitzroy River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/165288950?q&versionId=180146203|title=Colin Archer's map of the Fitzroy River|website=National Library of Australia|publisher=University of Queensland Press|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015739/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/165288950?q&versionId=180146203|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Their settlement is now known as [[Gracemere Homestead]].
[[File:Colin Archer Statue.jpg|thumb|Bust of Colin Archer in Larvik, Norway.]]
In 1861, Archer returned to Larvik and undertook the study of practical and theoretical shipbuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01038107000044|title=Colin Archer|publisher=1865 Census Larvik prestegjeld|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> He married Karen Sophie Wiborg in 1869 with whom he had five children. {{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}