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| Robert Martin |
| Family
Name: |
Martin |
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| Given
Names: |
Robert |
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| DOB |
1798 approx.
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DOD |
24 September 1874 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Skye, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Heidelberg, Vic |
| Age
at Death: |
76
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Pastoralist |
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| Spouse:
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Married |
| Children: |
Lucy Charlotte m.1857
Edith Louisa Agnes m.1872
Robert William Kirby m.1874 |
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| Voyages:
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? "Euphrates" from London arr. Sydney 23 December 1839
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1839
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Date
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Off
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| Addresses:
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New South Wales 1839 (Hopton)
Mount Sturgeon, Portland, Vic 1840-1859
View Bank, Heidelberg, Vic 1847 (PP Directory) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Portland 1842 |
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| Notes:
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Unregistered, qualifications (if any) unknown
Overlander of 1839 (Hopton)
Member of Melbourne Club 1840
He may have come out on "Cardinia" [?] arr. 15 September 1839 [Dr. Martin], "Euphrates" arr. 10 December 1839, "Andromeda" arr. 2 August 1840, "Sea Horse" arr. 12 October 1841 (see refs Index to Unassisted Passengers, AONSW)
Sarah Hayes (Vic) is researching this doctor and would like to obtain further information about him. She can be contactded by emailing the editor |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in March 2006 with information supplied by Marie Boyce of Warrnambool, Vic |
| References: |
Port Phillip Almanac and Directory for 1847 [MD settler at View Bank, Heidelberg, and Mount Sturgeon, Portland]
Billis RV, Kenyon AS. Pastoral pioneers of Port Phillip. 2nd ed. Melbourne, 1974
Mackay EA. Medical men as pastoral pioneers. Medical Journal of Australia 1934;ii:476-84
de Serville P. Port Phillip Gentlemen. Melbourne, 1980[squatter, doctor, Melbourne Club 1840]
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
Medical Journal of Australia 1951; ii: 686-7
Shipping intelligence. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney) 24 December 1839 [Dr. and Mrs. Martin, and three children on "Euphrates" from London][is this him?]
Notices. New South Wales Government Gazette 25 November 1840 [Robert Martin of Mount Sturgeon, Portland Bay, appointed JP]
Public meeting. Port Phillip Patriot 16 September 1841 [Dr. Robert Martin a settler at Portland attends]
Provincial news. Melbourne Times 10 December 1842 [Dr. Martin, Assistant Colonial Surgeon at Portland]
Married. Argus (Melbourne) 6 February 1857 [Lucy Charlotte, eldest daughter of Robert Martin MD of Heidelberg]
News of the day. Age (Melbourne) 9 August 1866 [refers to the sale by Dr. Robert Martin of Mount Sturgeon station near Portland in 1859]
Marriages. Argus (Melbourne) 7 May 1872 [Edith Louisa Agnes, youngest daughter of Robert Martin MD of Heidelberg]
Marriages. Australasian Sketcher 16 May 1874 [Robert William Kirby, only son of Robert Martin MD of Heidelberg]
Deaths. Argus (Melbourne) 25 September 1874 [on 14th at View Bank, Heidelberg, Robert Martin Esq MD aged 76] |
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