James Thomson

James Thomson (1 September 1852 – 4 August 1934) was an Australian journalist and newspaper owner.

Thomson was born in Cullycapple, County Londonderry, Ireland, He went to Geelong, Victoria, with his parents in 1853, and was educated at Geelong Presbyterian School, and at the National Grammar School, Castlemaine. He served his apprenticeship on The Argus newspaper, and subsequently joined the staff of the Kyneton Observer, of which he became editor, joining the Melbourne Daily Telegraph in 1874. In the region of Murchison (Western Australia), Thomson started the Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette; he died in Perth, Western Australia aged 81.