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| Adoniah Vallack |
| Family
Name: |
Vallack |
Variant
Spellings: |
Vallach |
| Given
Names: |
Adoniah |
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| DOB |
1812 or 1813
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DOD |
1872 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Maker, Cornwall, England
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Place
of Death: |
Maker, Cornwall, England |
| Age
at Death: |
59
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| School:
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| Qualifications:
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LSA 1836
MRCS 1836
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| Voyages:
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"Eweretta" from London arr. Sydney 31 October 1837
"Ariel" for Cape York with govt. stores dep. Sydney 19 September 1848
"Picard" from San Francisco arr. Sydney 21 August 1852
"Yarra Yarra" dep. Sydney for Melbourne 4 September 1852
"Maid of Judah" departing Sydney for London 22 February 1855
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1837
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Date
of Departure: |
1855 |
| First
Registered: |
1839 NSW No.29
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Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Plymouth, England 1836 (LSA lists)
Sydney, NSW 1837
Surry Hills, NSW 1838 (Sydney Gazette)
Singleton [Patrick's Plains] NSW 1839-1848
Kennedy Expedition, Cape York, Qld 1848
Monterey, California, USA 1850
Eureka, Vic 1852
Canadian Gully, Vic 1853
England 1855 (shipping record)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada 1872 (Medical Directory) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon, Mr. Kennedy's surveying expedition 1848 (Maitland Mercury) |
| Publications:
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To the editor. Sydney Herald 3 December 1838 [regarding loss of remuneration for attending an inquest]
Dr. Vallack's statement. In : Narrative of an expedition undertaken...for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York, by William Carron. Sydney, 1849 [online text at University of Adelaide website]
Dr. Vallack's statement in: MacGillivray J. Narrative of the voyage of HMS Rattlesnake, Volume 2, London : T & W. Boone, 1852:399-503 |
| Notes:
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Took a house at Prince Street, Sydney for a general practice
Then moved to Singleton NSW about 1839
Took part in rescue of survivors of the Kennedy Expedition to Cape York 1848
Returned to England per "Maid of Judah" 24 February 1855 arr. Falmouth 22 May 1855 (his journal of the voyage survives)
Registered England 1861
Remained in England until his death in 1872
However the Medical Directory of 1873 states that he died at Collingwood, Canada on 5 June 1872, aged 59 (p.1135)
Two brothers also came to Australia: William (to Sydney in 1826) and Charles (who was in Melbourne in 1851) |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in June 2005 with information supplied by Denise Douglas |
| References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 28 January 1839 [registration of Adoniah Vallack LSA 13 October 1836, MRCS 20 December 1836]
New South Wales Medical Board. List of the legally qualified medical practitioners of the Colony of NSW. Sydney, 1842 [at Patrick's Plains]
Medical Directory (UK) 1872 [Adoniah Vallck MRCS LSA 1836 at Collingwood, Co Simcoe, Canada]
Bowden KM. Goldrush doctors at Ballarat. Balwyn, Vic : the Author, 1977
Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle : Hunter Valley Publications, 1987
Willetts J. Free settler or felon? Website, 2005
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 2 November 1837
Inquest. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 3 July 1838 [Mr. Surgeon Vallack of Prince Street]
Hunter River district news. Maitland Mercury 6 September 1848 [Mr Adoniah Vallack at Singleton last 9 or 10 years, appointed Kennedy's expedition]
Departures. Sydney Morning Herald 20 September 1848 [Dr. Vallack for Cape York]
California. Maitland Mercury 6 March 1850 [Dr. Vallack at Monterey following his profession]
Shipping intelligence. Maitland Mercury 25 August 1852 [Mr. A. Vallack, surgeon, from San Francisco]
Shipping intelligence. Empire (Sydney) 6 September 1852 [Dr. Vallack on "Yarra Yarra" for Melbourne]
Donations to the Australian Museum. Sydney Morning Herald 9 January 1855 [specimens from California and Honolulu, Dr. Vallack]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 23 February 1855 [Dr. Vallack departing for London] |
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