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| Colin Buchanan |
| Family
Name: |
Buchanan |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Colin |
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| DOB |
19 May 1810
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DOD |
20 July 1891 |
| Place
of Birth: |
West Greenoch, England
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Place
of Death: |
Sydney, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
81
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS Edinburgh 1831
MD Glasgow 1833
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Catherine Eliza Glassen m. 1838 in London, England |
| Children: |
Elizabeth 1840
Ellen Martha 1842
James Glassen 1844
Colin 1847 d.1848
Jessie Margaret 1849
Colin Robert 1852
Amelia 1856 |
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| Voyages:
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"Andromache" arr. Port Jackson 31 January 1839
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| Came
out as: |
Passenger |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1840
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1840 NSW
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Redfern, Sydney, NSW
William St, Woolloomoolloo, NSW
Stroud, NSW 1847
Alfred Cottage, 119 Harris Street, Pyrmont NSW 1871, 1872
Pegg St, Paddington, NSW (where died) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Medical Officer for Australian Agricultural Company at Stroud 1847 (possibly 1840-1853 see notes) |
| Publications:
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| Notes:
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There is evidence that he was at Stroud NSW with the Australian Agricultural Company in 1840 (child born in the area) 1847 (medical report) and 1853 (town map)
He is credited with one of the earliest uses of ether for surgery in Australia (see refs)
At his death a colonist of over 50 years |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was uodated in November 2006 with information supplied by Brenda Griffiths of Lutwyche, Qld, from the family history originally compiled by N. E. Gardner of Bardon, Qld |
| References: |
Medical Directory 1860
Wilson G. First anaesthetics in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 1992; 157: 781-4
College lists
New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners of the Colony of New South Wales. Sydney : W. Baker, 1842
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883
University of Glasgow. A roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow from 3lst December, 1727 to 3lst December, l897 : with short biographical notes / compiled by W. Innes Addison . 1898
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1890-1; 10: 344
Ford's Sydney Commercial Directory. Sydney : Pascoe, 1851.
New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1869
Wilson G. First anaesthetics in Australia and the men who gave them. In: Pearn J, O'Carrigan C. Australia's quest for colonial health. Brisbane : Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983: 75-89
Medical directory for 1873, and general medical register. London : Churchill, 1873 |
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| Other
Links: |
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/andromache.html |
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last updated 03-11-2006
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