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| William (1) Bland |
| Family
Name: |
Bland |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
William (1) |
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| DOB |
5 November 1789
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DOD |
21 July 1868 |
| Place
of Birth: |
London, England
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Place
of Death: |
Sydney, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
78
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Convict
Parliamentarian
Philanthropist |
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| Spouse:
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Sarah Henry m.1817;
Eliza Smeathman m.1846 |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Denmark Hill" 1814 to Hobart, VDL
"Frederick" 1814 from Hobart to Sydney, NSW
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| Came
out as: |
Convict |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1814
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1839 NSW No.33
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1814 onwards
Pitt Street, Sydney 1830s, 1840s, 1850s (Sydney Directories) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon's Mate, RN 1809
Surgeon RN 1812, appointed HMS Hesper
Medical Officer, Castle Hill Asylum 1814
Medical Officer to the Benevolent Society, Sydney 1821
Medical Officer, Sydney Dispensary 1826-1845
Treasurer and President, Sydney College, 1835-1853
Member of the Legislative Council of NSW 1843-1848, 1849-1850, 1858-1861
First President of the Australian Medical Association (est 1859) |
| Publications:
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See Ford |
| Notes:
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Found guilty in India of murder after killing a man in a duel 1813
Transported in 1814 to Sydney via Hobart
Pardoned 1815
Commenced as first full-time private practitioner in Sydney 1816
Imprisoned for twelve months in 1818 for a publication offensive to the Governor.
Returned to private practice in Sydney 1819
Subsequently heavily involved in politics
As a member of the first elected government in NSW was actively involved on various committees and enquiries
Assisted with the foundation of a church at Ashfield, a grammar school (Sydney College), and the Sydney School of Arts.
There are references to him in numerous files in the old MSV archives (see refs)
There was a William Bland serving as a surgeon on each of two convict transports: Mary Anne to NSW (1839) and Garland Grove to VDL (1843). It is uncertain whether this William Bland or another one was on these ships - Ed. |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Encyclopaedia
Dunlop NJ. A peep into the past : early Australian surgery [an account of William Bland]. Medical Journal of Australia 1924;ii:471-6; 522-9
McIntosh AM. Life and times of William Bland. Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney, 1954:109-52
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1976
Richards D. Medical convicts to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1788-1818. Med J Aust 1994;161:73-7
Ford E. Medical practice in early Sydney. Medical Journal of Australia 1955;ii:41-54
Richards D. Medical transportees to the Australian colonies 1788-1868. In: Covacevich J. History, Heritage and Health: Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the History of Medicine. Sydney : The Society, 1996.
Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne |
| Portraits:
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Several portraits are held at the State Library of New South Wales and may be viewed online
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| Links
to Pictures: |
Portrait http://libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/ENQ/PM/FULL1?404674,I |
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last updated 12-01-2009
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