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| Tharp Mountain Girdlestone |
| Family
Name: |
Girdlestone |
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| Given
Names: |
Tharp Mountain |
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| DOB |
1823
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DOD |
6 July 1899 |
| Place
of Birth: |
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Place
of Death: |
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England |
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1845
FRCS 1849
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Parliamentarian |
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| Voyages:
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"Time and Truth" from Liverpool arr. Geelong 5 January 1853
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1853
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1853 Vic
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Off
Register: |
1899 |
| Addresses:
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Murchison, Vic 1854 (Bowden)
Alma, Vic 1855 (Bowden)
Castlemaine, Vic 1855 (Bowden)
Maryborough, Vic 1855-1857 (Bowden, Vic Govt Gazette)
Ararat, Vic 1857-1861 (Vic Govt Gazette, SA Advertiser)
Melbourne, Vic 1862 (MMH)
Returned to England 1895 |
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| Positions
Held: |
Coroner at Alma, Vic 1855 (Bowden)
Resident Surgeon, Castlemaine 1855 (Bowden)
Coroner, Maryborough (Bowden)
Resident Surgeon, Maryborough 1855 (Bowden)
Coroner, Ararat 1857 (Vic Govt Gazette)
Health Officer, City of Melbourne
Surgeon, Alfred Hospital-Melbourne
Lecturer in Surgery, Melbourne University
At various times Treasurer and President of the Medical Society of Victoria
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria 1862-1865 |
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| Notes:
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A substantial body of biographical material is held in the MSV archives at the Brownless Medical library, University of Melbourne |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in April and December 2008 with information from Christine Laskowski of Essendon Vic |
| References: |
Notice. Victoria Government Gazette 13 January 1854 [Thorp W. Girdlestone on list of legally qualified medical practitioners]
Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1863 [Tharp Mountain Girdlestone, Melbourne, MRCS 1845 FRCS 1849]
Bowden KM. Goldrush doctors at Ballarat. Balwyn, Vic, 1977
Osborn B, DuBourg T. Maryborough: a social history 1854-1904. Maryborough City Council, 1985
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Plarr's lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. RCS website, 2016
Parliament of Victoria website [Tharp Mountain Girdlestone MLA for Ararat 1862-1865, returned to England 1895]
Obituary. Intercolonial Medical Journal 1899;iv:426-7
Coroner, Mount Ararat. Victorian Government Gazette 7 August 1857 [Thorp Mountain Girdlestone transferred from Maryborough to Ararat]
Victoria. South Australian Advertiser 31 January 1861 [Mr. Girdlestone coroner at Ararat]
Advertisement. Melbourne Morning Herald 2 June 1862 [Mr. Girdlestone at 121 Collins Street East]
Advertisement. The Herald 2 November 1863:1 [Mr Girdlestone, surgeon, has removed to 124 Bourke Street]
Deaths. Argus (Melbourne) 8 August 1899 [on 6 July at Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, Tharp Mountain Girdlestone, surgeon, late of this city] |
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