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Kevin Izod O'Doherty

Family Name: O'Doherty Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Kevin Izod

DOB 7 September 1823
DOD 15 July 1905

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Place of Death: Brisbane, Qld

Age at Death: 81

School:
University:

Qualifications: FRCS Ireland 1857
LKQCP Ireland 1859
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Parliamentarian

Spouse: Mary Anne ("Eva") Kelly

Children: William Joseph Kelly b.1856 Dublin
Edward Hyacinth b.1858 Dublin
Vincent Kevin b.1859 Dublin
Kevin Izod Lewis b.1860 Geelong, Vic
John b.1862
Jeanette b. and d. 1864 Ipswich
Eva b. and d. 1866 Brisbane
Gertrude b.1869 Brisbane

Voyages: "Mount Stewart Elphinstone" from England arr. Sydney 3 October 1849
"Emma" dep. Sydney for Hobart 21 October 1849
"James Baines" dep. Melbourne for Liverpool 10 March 1855
"Ocean Chief" from Liverpool arr. Port Phillip 2 October 1860
"Duke of Westminster" from England arr. Brisbane January 1886
"Almora" from London arr. Brisbane 22 September 1886

Came out as: Political prisoner

Date Settled Aus: 1849
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1861 NSW No. 531
Off Register:

Addresses: Dublin, Ireland
Oatlands, VDL 1849-1850 (ADB)
Hobart, VDL 1850-1853 (ADB)
Port Cygnet, VDL 1853-1854 (Patrick)
Victorian goldfields 1854-1855 (Patrick)
Paris, France 1855 (Patrick)
Dublin, Ireland 1856-1860 (Patrick)
Geelong, Vic 1860 (Patrick)
Sydney, NSW 1860-1862 (Patrick)
Ipswich, Qld 1862-1865 (Patrick)
Brisbane, Qld 1865-1885 (Patrick)
Ireland 1885 (Patrick)
London, England 1866 (Patrick)
Sydney 1886-1887 (Patrick)
Croydon, North Queensland 1887-1889 (Patrick)
Brisbane 1889 onwards

Positions Held: Manager Tasmanian Dispensary, Hobart 1850-1851 (Patrick)
House Surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital, Hobart 1851-1853 (Patrick)
Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin late 1850s (SMH 1860)
Assistant Physician, Coombe Lying-in Hospital late 1850s (SMH 1860)
Visiting surgeon, Brisbane Hospital 1866 (Patrick)
MLA 1867-73, MLC 1877-85 Queensland (ADB)
Member of the House of Commons 1886 (Patrick)
Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney 1886
Government Medical Officer, Croydon, North Qld 1887-1889 (Patrick)
For other positions see Patrick and ADB

Publications:

Notes: Publisher and proprietor of the Dublin newspaper "Irish Tribune" 1848 (Patrick)
Sent to VDL in 1849 as a political prisoner when a medical student, later returned to Ireland where he completed his medical studies (Patrick)
Conditional pardon while in VDL 1854, then to the Victorian goldfields before returning to Europe where visited England and Ireland secretly, before settling in France (Patrick)
Registered 1862 Qld No. 14

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld; and further updated in December 2009 and March 2012 with information from Max Coleman

References: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Queensland Medical Board. List of medical practitioners. Queensland Government Gazette 4 January 1876 [Kevin I. O'Doherty FRCS Ireland 1857 LKQCP Ireland 1859]
Patrick R and H. Exiles undaunted: the Irish rebels Kevin and Eva O'Doherty. St. Lucia, UQP 1989
Patrick R. From convict to doctor. In: Pearn J, O'Carrigan C. Australia's quest for colonial health. Brisbane : Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983:65-73
Medical directory for 1873, and general medical register. London : Churchill, 1873
Qld Registrar Indexes
QSA Immigration Films
Toowing Burial register
Richards D. To minister to the sick : an historic socio-profile of the medical profession in Northern Australia. In : Atkins S. Outpost medicine. Hobart : University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, 1994
Hunn JM. Kevin Izod O'Doherty 1824-1905. ANZ Journal of Surgery 2003;73(Suppl):A103-4
St. Vincent's Hospital annual reports
Freedom of the press. Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer 6 October 1849 [arrival of John Martin and Kevin O'Doherty, Irish newspaper editors, as prisoners on "Mount Stuart Elphinstone"]
Card [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 25 October 1860 [Dr. O'Doherty late surgeon to St. Vincent's Hospital and Assistant Physician Coombe Lying-in Hospital Dublin]
RMS Almora. Brisbane Courier 23 September 1886 [from London with Hon. K. I. O'Doherty]

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last updated 05-06-2019

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Kevin Izod O'Doherty
Family Name:	O'Doherty	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Kevin Izod

DOB	7 September 1823	DOD	15 July 1905
Place of Birth:	Dublin, Ireland	Place of Death:	Brisbane, Qld
Age at Death:	81

School:		University:
Qualifications:	FRCS Ireland 1857 LKQCP Ireland 1859	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Parliamentarian

Spouse:	Mary Anne ("Eva") Kelly
Children:	William Joseph Kelly b.1856 Dublin Edward Hyacinth b.1858 Dublin Vincent Kevin b.1859 Dublin Kevin Izod Lewis b.1860 Geelong, Vic John b.1862 Jeanette b. and d. 1864 Ipswich Eva b. and d. 1866 Brisbane Gertrude b.1869 Brisbane

Voyages:	"Mount Stewart Elphinstone" from England arr. Sydney 3 October 1849 "Emma" dep. Sydney for Hobart 21 October 1849 "James Baines" dep. Melbourne for Liverpool 10 March 1855 "Ocean Chief" from Liverpool arr. Port Phillip 2 October 1860 "Duke of Westminster" from England arr. Brisbane January 1886 "Almora" from London arr. Brisbane 22 September 1886
Came out as:	Political prisoner
Date Settled Aus:	1849	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1861 NSW No. 531	Off Register:
Addresses:	Dublin, Ireland Oatlands, VDL 1849-1850 (ADB) Hobart, VDL 1850-1853 (ADB) Port Cygnet, VDL 1853-1854 (Patrick) Victorian goldfields 1854-1855 (Patrick) Paris, France 1855 (Patrick) Dublin, Ireland 1856-1860 (Patrick) Geelong, Vic 1860 (Patrick) Sydney, NSW 1860-1862 (Patrick) Ipswich, Qld 1862-1865 (Patrick) Brisbane, Qld 1865-1885 (Patrick) Ireland 1885 (Patrick) London, England 1866 (Patrick) Sydney 1886-1887 (Patrick) Croydon, North Queensland 1887-1889 (Patrick) Brisbane 1889 onwards

Positions Held:	Manager Tasmanian Dispensary, Hobart 1850-1851 (Patrick) House Surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital, Hobart 1851-1853 (Patrick) Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin late 1850s (SMH 1860) Assistant Physician, Coombe Lying-in Hospital late 1850s (SMH 1860) Visiting surgeon, Brisbane Hospital 1866 (Patrick) MLA 1867-73, MLC 1877-85 Queensland (ADB) Member of the House of Commons 1886 (Patrick) Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney 1886 Government Medical Officer, Croydon, North Qld 1887-1889 (Patrick) For other positions see Patrick and ADB
Publications:
Notes:	Publisher and proprietor of the Dublin newspaper "Irish Tribune" 1848 (Patrick) Sent to VDL in 1849 as a political prisoner when a medical student, later returned to Ireland where he completed his medical studies (Patrick) Conditional pardon while in VDL 1854, then to the Victorian goldfields before returning to Europe where visited England and Ireland secretly, before settling in France (Patrick) Registered 1862 Qld No. 14
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld; and further updated in December 2009 and March 2012 with information from Max Coleman
References:	Australian Dictionary of Biography Queensland Medical Board. List of medical practitioners. Queensland Government Gazette 4 January 1876 [Kevin I. O'Doherty FRCS Ireland 1857 LKQCP Ireland 1859] Patrick R and H. Exiles undaunted: the Irish rebels Kevin and Eva O'Doherty. St. Lucia, UQP 1989 Patrick R. From convict to doctor. In: Pearn J, O'Carrigan C. Australia's quest for colonial health. Brisbane : Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983:65-73 Medical directory for 1873, and general medical register. London : Churchill, 1873 Qld Registrar Indexes QSA Immigration Films Toowing Burial register Richards D. To minister to the sick : an historic socio-profile of the medical profession in Northern Australia. In : Atkins S. Outpost medicine. Hobart : University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, 1994 Hunn JM. Kevin Izod O'Doherty 1824-1905. ANZ Journal of Surgery 2003;73(Suppl):A103-4 St. Vincent's Hospital annual reports Freedom of the press. Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer 6 October 1849 [arrival of John Martin and Kevin O'Doherty, Irish newspaper editors, as prisoners on "Mount Stuart Elphinstone"] Card [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 25 October 1860 [Dr. O'Doherty late surgeon to St. Vincent's Hospital and Assistant Physician Coombe Lying-in Hospital Dublin] RMS Almora. Brisbane Courier 23 September 1886 [from London with Hon. K. I. O'Doherty]
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	last updated 05-06-2019