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| David Keith Ballow |
| Family
Name: |
Ballow |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
David Keith |
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| DOB |
27 October 1804
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DOD |
29 September 1850 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Montrose, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Dunwich, Qld |
| Age
at Death: |
45
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS 1832
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Coroner |
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| Spouse:
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Margaret Campbell McArthur m.1837 Invermein (Scone) NSW |
| Children: |
No children |
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| Voyages:
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1834
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
NSW 1840 No. 145
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1834-1836 (ADB)
Invermein (Scone) NSW 1836-1838 (ADB)
Moreton Bay, NSW (now Qld) 1838-1850 (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Sydney, Scone, and Moreton Bay to 1848 (ADB)
Resident Surgeon, Brisbane General Hospital 1849 (ADB)
Coroner, Moreton Bay (ADB)
Surgeon Superintendent, Quarantine Station, Dunwich |
| Publications:
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| Notes:
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In 1838 took command of HM General Hospital at Moreton Bay
Only doctor at settlement until Dr. Stephen Simpson arrived
Died of typhus contracted while looking after the passengers and crew of the "Emigrant" at the Quarantine Station at Dunwich |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 4 May 1840 [registration of D. K. Ballow Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Moreton Bay]
Jackson SE. Historical Notes from the Records in the Brisbane Hospital, 1825-1850 Medical Journal of Australia 1922; i: 685-94
Historical Records of Australia.
Gordon D. Ballow and the "Emigrant" incident. Medical Journal of Australia 1966; i: 483-5
Patrick R. Horsewhip the doctor : tales from our medical past. St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 1985: 7-16
Patrick R. History of health and medicine in Queensland 1824 to 1960. St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 1987
Moreton Bay Courier October 1850
Cilento R. Medicine in Queensland. Brisbane : Council of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 1961 |
| Portraits:
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John Oxley Library, Qld
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