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David Keith Ballow

Family Name: Ballow Variant Spellings:

Given Names: David Keith

DOB 27 October 1804
DOD 29 September 1850

Place of Birth: Montrose, Scotland
Place of Death: Dunwich, Qld

Age at Death: 45

School:
University:

Qualifications: LRCS 1832
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Coroner

Spouse: Margaret Campbell McArthur m.1837 Invermein (Scone) NSW

Children: No children

Voyages:

Came out as:

Date Settled Aus: 1834
Date of Departure:

First Registered: NSW 1840 No. 145
Off Register:

Addresses: Sydney, NSW 1834-1836 (ADB)
Invermein (Scone) NSW 1836-1838 (ADB)
Moreton Bay, NSW (now Qld) 1838-1850 (ADB)

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:

Notes: 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: 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: John Oxley Library, Qld

Links to Pictures:

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last updated 30-01-2012

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David Keith Ballow
Family Name:	Ballow	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	David Keith

DOB	27 October 1804	DOD	29 September 1850
Place of Birth:	Montrose, Scotland	Place of Death:	Dunwich, Qld
Age at Death:	45

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LRCS 1832	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Coroner

Spouse:	Margaret Campbell McArthur m.1837 Invermein (Scone) NSW
Children:	No children

Voyages:
Came out as:
Date Settled Aus:	1834	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	NSW 1840 No. 145	Off Register:
Addresses:	Sydney, NSW 1834-1836 (ADB) Invermein (Scone) NSW 1836-1838 (ADB) Moreton Bay, NSW (now Qld) 1838-1850 (ADB)

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:
Notes:	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:	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:	John Oxley Library, Qld
Links to Pictures:
Other Links:
	last updated 30-01-2012