caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
dr. alexander thomson 1 january 1866 geelong , victoria aberdeen , scotland 1798 alexanderthomson.jpg alexander thomson -lrb- pioneer -rrb-
 alexander thomson mayor of geelong
alexander thomson -lrb- pioneer -rrb-

dr. alexander thomson -lrb- 1798 -- 1 january 1866 -rrb- was elected as the first mayor of geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 to 1858 .
thomson was the first settler in the area known as belmont , a suburb of geelong and called his homestead kardinia , a property now listed on the register of the national estate .
