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| Robert Officer |
| Family
Name: |
Officer |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Robert |
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| DOB |
3 October 1800
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DOD |
8 July 1879 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dundee, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
New Norfolk, Tasmania |
| Age
at Death: |
78
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1821
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Parliamentarian
Pastoralist |
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| Spouse:
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Jemima Patterson m.1823 Hobart Town VDL |
| Children: |
Six sons and seven daughters |
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| Voyages:
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"Castle Forbes" from England arr. Hobart Town 1 March 1822
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1822
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1840 VDL
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Hobart, Tas 1822
New Norfolk, VDL 1824 (ADB)
Bothwell, VDL 1827 (ADB)
Hobart 1836 (ADB)
Hall Green, New Norfolk, Tas 1850 onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Colonial Assistant Surgeon, VDL 1822-1840 (ADB)
Health Officer, Hobart 1841-1850 (ADB)
President, Court of Medical Examiners, VDL 1839-1840, 1853-1870
MLC VDL 1853 (ADB)
MHA Tasmania 1856-1877, Speaker 1861-1877 (ADB)
For other positions see ADB |
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| Notes:
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As Assistant Colonial Surgeon he served at Hobart Town 1822, New Norfolk 1824, Bothwell 1827 approx, Hobart Town 1836 (ADB)
He sent sheep to Port Phillip and purchased land there in 1839 but never settled, his properties being managed by agents (ADB)
Runs at Hopkins River, Port Phillip (Geelong Advertiser 3 Jan 1842)
Member of St. Andrew's Church and St. John's Church, Hobart
He was knighted in 1869 (ADB) |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Bostock J. The dawn of Australian psychiatry. Sydney,1968:140
Historical Records of Australia.
Hopton AJ. List of registered and unregistered medical practitioners at Port Phillip between 1835 and 1851. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1950;36:376-9
Medical directory (UK) 1873
Obituary. Mercury (Hobart) 4 August 1879
Van Diemen's Land news. Australian (Sydney) 14 April 1834 [Dr. Officer at New Norfolk appointed Treasurer of the Auxiliary Temperance Society launched 21 March]
Gazette. Hobart Town Courier 19 June 1840 [R. Officer Esq appointed member of the Court of Medical Examiners] |
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