| Thomas Richards |
| Family
Name: |
Richards |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Thomas |
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| DOB |
1800
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DOD |
18 July 1877 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dolgella, Merioneth, North Wales
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Place
of Death: |
Hobart, Tasmania |
| Age
at Death: |
79
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LSA 1823
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Journalist
Journal editor
Writer |
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| Spouse:
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Hannah Elsemere |
| Children: |
Infant son emigrated 1832 |
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| Voyages:
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"Princess Royal" from London arr. Hobart 6 September 1832
"Calcutta" dep. Hobart for London 5 January 1847
Unknown ship from England to Hobart (?) 1848
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon Superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1832
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1852 VDL
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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VDL 1832 (Colonial Times)
Elizabeth Town (New Norfolk) VDL 1832-1833 (ADB)
Hobart Town 1833-1847 (ADB)
England 1847-1848 (ADB)
Hobart Town 1848 approx. onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Editor, Tasmanian 1833 (ADB)
Editor, Hobart Town Magazine 1833 (ADB)
Clerk, Town Surveyor's Department, Hobart 1834-1837 (ADB)
Assistant Editor, Hobart Town Courier 1837 (ADB)
Journalist, Colonial Times 1837-1847 approx (ADB) |
| Publications:
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To the editor. Colonial Times (Hobart) 30 October 1832 [re emigrants on the "Princess Royal" signed Thomas Richards]
Life and adventures of Timothy Templeton. Hobart Town Magazine, September 1833 [an autobiographical story]
Diary of a young physician. Hobart Town Magazine, October 1833
On the state of the medical profession and medical practitioners. Hobart Town Magazine February 1834
Numerous other publications in Tasmanian newspapers |
| Notes:
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According to Miller he was in medical practice in Tasmania 1832-1836 approx. and from 1852 onwards
Pioneer of the Australian short story |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Encyclopaedia. Sydney, 1958
Wilde WH. Oxford companion to Australian literature. OUP, 1985
Court of Medical Examiners, Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston) 25 October 1856 [T. Richards, Hobart Town, on list of legally qualified practitioners]
Mr Richards [advertisement[. Hobart Town Courier 29 October 1832 [Surgeon etc. to commence practice at New Norfolk]
Stone v. Macarthur, Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land. Tasmanian 11 October 1833 [Dr. Richards in charge of emigrants on "Princess Royal"]
To the editor. Hobart Town Courier 29 November 1833 [stating he had ceased to be the editor of the Tasmanian]
Deaths. Mercury (Hobart) 19 July 1877 [at Hobart Dr. Thomas Richards aged 77] |
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