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William Richardson
Family Name: Richardson  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: William
DOB 1796 approx.
DOD 22 September 1863 
Place of Birth:
Place of Death: Glasgow, Scotland 
Age at Death: 67
School:
University:  
Qualifications: LSA 1826
MRCS 1827
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Elizabeth Reeves Worsley m.1831 Bathurst NSW
Children: William Wright
Louis Thornton
Tottenham Lee
Fanny
Voyages: "Katherine Stewart Forbes" from England via Hobart arr. Sydney 17 December 1825
  • Possibly "Medway" from London arr. Hobart Town 20 August 1827
  • Probably "Emma" dep. Hobart for Sydney 29 January 1851
  • Probably "Blackwall" dep. Sydney for London 15 March 1851
  • Came out as:  
    Date Settled Aus: 1825
    Date of Departure: 1851 
    First Registered: 1840 NSW
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Bathurst, NSW 1826, 1828 (Steele, Census)
  • Windsor, NSW 1831-1837 (Steele)
  • Goulburn, NSW 1837-1841 (Wyatt, Medical register)
  • Port Macquarie 1842-1844 (Medical Register, Rodgers)
  • Sydney, NSW 1845-1848 (Cummins)
  • Hobart, VDL 1848-1851 (Rimmer)
  • Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon on NSW Staff 1826 (HRA)
  • Assistant Surgeon, Army 1827 (Johnston)
  • Surgeon, Army 1841 (Johnston)
  • Colonial Surgeon , Port Macquarie 1842
  • Colonial Surgeon at Sydney General Hospital 1845-1848 (Cummins)
  • Member, Medical Board of NSW 1845-1847
  • Colonial Surgeon, Hobart 1848 (Steele)
  • Publications:
    Notes: After a few years in Hobart he retired on a pension to Scotland where died (Steele)
  • Names of his children from Wade (see refs)
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated with information supplied by Thorby Walker of Pendle Hill, NSW in September 2003
    References: New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 4 May 1840 [registration of William Richardson, Assistant Surgeon, Goulburn]
  • New South Wales Medical Board. List of legally qualified medical practitioners. Sydney : W. Baker, 1842 [William Richardson, Colonial Surgeon, Port Macquarie]
  • Rimmer WG. Portrait of a Hospital: The Royal Hobart. Hobart: Royal Hobart Hospital 1981.
  • Historical Records of Australia 1.12:359
  • Wyatt RT. The History of Goulburn NSW.
  • Steele J. Early days of Windsor. Sydney : Tyrrell, 1916 (reprinted North Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1977): 194.
  • Cummins CJ. Colonial medical service. Parts I and II. Modern Medicine of Australia. 1974;17(1,2):11-24, 11-25
  • Census of NSW 1828 [age 32, on "Castle Forbes" 1825, Protestant, Assistant Surgeon at Bathurst]
  • Greaves B. Story of Bathurst. Sydney, 1961:88
  • Rogers F. Port Macquarie : a history to 1850. Hornsby, NSW : Hastings District Historical Society, 1982: 134.
  • Barker T. History of Bathurst : volume one. Bathurst, N.S.W. : Crawford House Press, 1992
  • Johnston W. Roll of commissioned officers in the Medical Service of the British army. Aberdeen, 1917 [served Ordnance Medical Dept 1827-1853]
  • Wade J. Fanny Richardson's brooch. NLA News October 2003:3-6 [Fanny the daughter of Dr. William Richardson who arrived on "Katherine Stewart Forbes" 17 December 1825]
  • Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 22 December 1825 ["Catherine (sic) Stewart Forbes" from Hobart]
  • Shipping intelligence. Hobart Town Gazette 25 August 1827 [Dr. Richardson on "Medway" from London] [ship arrived Sydney 1 October]
  • Married. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 26 July 1831
  • Home for immigrants. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 28 May 1842 [Dr. Richardson, Goulburn, listed as a donor]
  • Mr. T. Y. Lowes [advertisement]. Colonial Times (Hobart) 7 January 1851 [selling Dr. Richardson's cottage due to his immediate departure from the colony]
  • Shipping news. Courier (Hobart) 29 January 1851 [Dr. Richardson on "Emma" for Sydney]
  • Shipping intelligence. Empire (Sydney) 17 March 1851 [Dr. Richardson on "Blackwall" for London]
  • Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 21 November 1863 [at Glasgow, William Richardson Esq Surgeon late of Sydney NSW aged 67]
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