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Alexander Charles Kelly
Family Name: Kelly  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Alexander Charles
DOB 3 June 1811
DOD 9 October 1877 
Place of Birth: Dunbar, Scotland
Place of Death: Norwood SA 
Age at Death: 66
School:
University: Edinburgh 
Qualifications: LRCS Ed 1831
MD Ed 1832
Speciality:  
Other Occupations: Winegrower
Spouse: Annie Worthington m.1855 Morphett Vale, SA
Children:
Voyages: "Baboo" from Liverpool arr. Adelaide 11 March 1840
  • "Lady Mcnaughton" from London arr. Adelaide 13 October 1847
  • Came out as: Surgeon superintendent 
    Date Settled Aus: 1840
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1845 SA No.12
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Dunbar, Scotland
  • Adelaide, SA early 1840s
  • Europe 1842 approx. (Cleland)
  • Morphett Vale 1843 (SA Register)
  • Scotland 1846-1847 (Lendon)
  • Morphett Vale, SA 1847-1864 (Lendon)
  • McLaren Vale, SA 1864-1876 (Lendon)
  • Norwood, Adelaide, SA 1876 onwards (Lendon)
  • Positions Held: Ship's Surgeon, East India Company 1832-1839
  • Assistant Surgeon, Adelaide Hospital
  • Publications: Vine in Australia. Sands and Kenny, 1861
    Notes: Presbyterian
  • Established Tintara vineyard 1861 and went to Europe in 1871 to open up a market for his wines (Cleland)
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated in November 2004 with information from Reece Jennings of Adelaide SA
    References: Jennings R. Annotated list of registered medical practitioners South Australia 1844-1918. Adelaide, 1994 [Alexander Charles Kelly registered 11 January 1845 MRCS ED 1831, MD Ed 1832, MD Adel aeg 1877, founder of Tintara Vineyard Company, 1862]
  • Cleland JB. Pioneer medical men in SA. Adelaide, [1941?]
  • Cleland JB. First fifty-two names in the medical register of South Australia Medical Journal Australia 1938; ii: 732-8
  • Lendon AA. SAA. PRG 128/12/11
  • Statton J. Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885. Marden, SA, 1986
  • Gibbney HJ, Smith AG. Biographical register 1788-1939. Canberra, 1987
  • College lists
  • Ferguson JA. Bibliography of Australia. Sydney, 1941-1969
  • Burgess HT. Cyclopedia of South Australia. Adelaide, 1907-1909
  • Hardy tradition. Adelaide, 1953
  • SA Parliamentary Papers 1868/9 2 no.1 56 p.52
  • Card [advertisement]. South Australian Register (Adelaide) 8 May 1841 [Alex. C. Kelly MD LRCS Ed has commenced practice in Adelaide]
  • South Australian Vigneron and Gardener's Manual [advertisement]. South Australian Register 24 June 1843 [lists A. C. Kelly MD Morphett Vale]
  • Shipping intelligence. South Australian (Adelaide) 15 October 1847 [A. C. Kelly Esq Surgeon Superintendent with Mrs. Kelly on "Lady Mcnaughton" from London]
  • Obituary. South Australian Register [newspaper] 11 October 1877
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