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| David Reid |
| Family
Name: |
Reid |
Variant
Spellings: |
Reed |
| Given
Names: |
David |
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| DOB |
1776
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DOD |
7 July 1840 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Inverary Park, Bungonia, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
64
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Agriculturalist |
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| Spouse:
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Agnes Dyce m.1817 |
| Children: |
David b.1820 (ADB)
Robert b.1829 (ADB)
At least another son and 2 daughters |
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| Voyages:
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"Baring" from England arr. Sydney 7 September 1815
"Baring" from the Downs arr. Sydney 26 June 1819
"Providence" from England arr. Sydney 7 January 1822
"Tiger" dep. Sydney for England 11 April 1822
"Mariner" from England arr. Sydney 18 October 1823
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon on convict ship |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1821
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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New South Wales 1815, 1819, 1822, 1823 (shipping record)
Inverary Park, near Bungonia, NSW 1823 onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN
Surgeon RN 1799
Magistrate |
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| Notes:
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Surgeon on HMS "Bellerophon" at Trafalgar (ADB)
Granted 2000 acres at Bungonia, which he named Inverary Park (ADB)
Brought his wife and children to NSW in 1823
Held "Currargarmonge" station on the Ovens River 1838-1840 (Hopton)
Not in medical practice in Australia |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Mackay EA. Medical men as pastoral pioneers. Medical Journal of Australia 1934;ii:476-84
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
Jervis JJ. Settlement in Marvlan - Bungonia District. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 32 (1946)
Neal L. Cooma country. Cooma, NSW, 1976
Donohoe JH. Paracensus of Australia 1788-1828. 4th ed. Sydney, 2004
Wiles R. Medicine on the Monaro. In: Proust AJ. A social and cultural history of medicine in New South Wales in the 19th century. Canberra, 1999
Ship news. Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser 20 April 1822 [David Reid RN late of "Providence" on "Tiger" for England]
Ship news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 23 October 1823 [Dr. Reid RN Mrs Reid and 3 children on "Mariner" from England via Hobart]
Death. Colonist (Sydney) 14 July 1840 [at Inverary Park on 6th July David Reid Esq JP, Surgeon RN, in his 65th year] |
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