title: Peter Gordon Fraser
text: # Peter Gordon Fraser
  
  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.
  
  