| Robert Halliley Milner |
| Family
Name: |
Milner |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Robert Halliley |
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| DOB |
1816
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DOD |
10 January 1858 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Wakefield, England
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Place
of Death: |
Turrawan, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1840
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Pastoralist
Winegrower
Hotelier |
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| Spouse:
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Caroline Harley m.1845 at Muswellbrook NSW |
| Children: |
Annie b.1844 d.1866
Caroline b.1849 d.1869
Robert
William
Arthur Halmney b.1843 d.1931
Alfred b.1850 d.1919 |
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| Voyages:
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"Duke of Roxburgh" from Cork arr. Sydney 10 January 1842
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1842
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1844 NSW No.253
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1842 (shipping record)
Murrurundi, NSW 1843, 1845 (SMH, Mercury)
Turrawan, Namoi River, NSW 1848 onwards |
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| Notes:
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He did not practice in Australia although there are records of him attending to aborigines and white settlers around Turrawan
He purchased a property "Broadwater" named for the wide stretch of water on the Namoi River which divided his property from Wallah Station
He built a hotel/wine bar and had a vineyard
He died at "Broadwater"and is buried on the property along with his wife |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in November 2004 with information supplied by Roslyn Townsend of Armidale, NSW |
| References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 11 January 1844 [registered MRCS 4 December 1840]
Obituary. Medical directory 1859:980 [died 10 January 1858 at Turrawong, NSW]
Rolls E. Million wild acres. South Melbourne 1981
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 11 January 1842 [Dr. Milner surgeon superintendent on "Duke of Roxburgh"]
Murrurundi. Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1843 [Dr. Milner attends political meeting]
Page's River Races [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 5 July 1845 [Dr. Milner a steward]
Claims to leases of Crown Lands. Maitland Mercury 30 September 1848 [Robert Halliley Milner, Turrawan on the Namoi River]
Broadwater, Namoi River. Empire (Sydney) 20 January 1858 [sudden death of Dr. Milner] |
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