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| William Gillbee |
| Family
Name: |
Gillbee |
Variant
Spellings: |
Gilbee |
| Given
Names: |
William |
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| DOB |
1825
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DOD |
4 January 1885 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Hackney, London, England
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Place
of Death: |
East Melbourne, Vic |
| Age
at Death: |
60
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1848
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Goldminer |
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| Voyages:
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"Windemere" from London arr. Hobart 27 November 1849
"Raven" dep. Melbourne for San Francisco 19 March 1850
"Georgiana" from Glasgow arr. Geelong 16 October 1852
Unknown voyages to Europe 1883 and return 1884
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1852
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1853 Vic
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Off
Register: |
1884 |
| Addresses:
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Edinburgh, Scotland 1844
Hobart, VDL 1849 (shipping record)
Melbourne, Vic 1850 (shipping record)
California goldfields 1850-1851 (ADB)
Edinburgh, Scotland 1851-1852 (ADB)
Melbourne, Vic 1852 (shipping record)
Europe 1883-1884
Melbourne 1884-1885 |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon Melbourne Hospital
Examiner in Surgery, University of Melbourne (Bruck)
Surgeon-Major, Victorian Volunteer Force (Bruck)
President, Medical Board of Victoria (Bruck)
President, Medical Society of Victoria (Bruck) |
| Publications:
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Various contributions to Australian medical journals |
| Notes:
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Gillbeea adenopetala named after him |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Notice. Victoria Government Gazette 13 January 1854 [William Gillbee on list of legally qualified medical practitioners]
Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1863 [William Gillbee, Melbourne, MRCS 1848]
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [Melbourne, lists positions] 1886 [obituary]
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Shipping intelligence. Courier (Hobart) 1 December 1849 [William Gillbee surgeon of the ship "Windermere" from London]
Melbourne. Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1850 [Dr. Gilbee]
Mr Gillbee MRCSE [advertisement]. Argus (Melbourne) 18 January 1853 [commencing practice Melbourne]
Death of Mr. W. Gillbee. Argus (Melbourne) 5 January 1885 [a native of Hackney] |
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State Library of Victoria
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last updated 03-06-2019
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