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| Hermann Beckler |
| Family
Name: |
Beckler |
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| Given
Names: |
Hermann |
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| DOB |
28 September 1828
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DOD |
10 December 1914 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Hochstadt, Bavaria, Germany
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Place
of Death: |
Fischen, Bavaria, Germany |
| Age
at Death: |
86
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MD Munich 1855
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Botanist
Explorer |
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| Voyages:
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"Johan Cesar Godefroy" from Hamburg arr. Moreton Bay 2 Feb 1856
"Grafton" from Clarence River arr. Sydney 26 May 1860
"Havilah" from Adelaide arr. Melbourne 25 December 1861
"Yorkshire" dep. Melbourne for London 20 January 1862
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| Came
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1856
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| Addresses:
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Ipswich, Qld 1856 (Moreton Bay Courier)
Tenterfield, NSW 1857 (Maitland Mercury)
Warwick, Qld 1858-1859 (MB Courier)
Northern Rivers District, NSW 1860 (GA, MB Courier)
Melbourne, Vic 1860
Burke and Wills expedition 1860
Adelaide, SA 1861 (shipping record)
Melbourne, Vic 1861-1862 (shipping record)
Germany 1862 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Medical Officer and Botanist, Victorian Exploring Expedition (appointed Melbourne July 1860, resigned Menindie, October 1860) |
| Publications:
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Exploration expedition. Bendigo Advertiser 8, 11, 21, 26 February 1861 [Dr. Beckler's diary serialised]
Die Ureinwohner Australiens. Dresden, 1872
Journey to Cooper's Creek. Carlton, Vic, 1993 [first edition of his formerly unpublished diary] |
| Notes:
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Spent six years in Australia
Practised as a doctor at Ipswich, but later opened a chemist shop at Warwick
Acacia beckleri and Dendrobium beckleri named after him
His service to the Victorian Exploring Expedition (Burke and Wills) both as doctor and botanist has been celebrated in numerous publications |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated with information supplied by Lisa Burton of Tannum Sands, Qld in January 2004; and further updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld; and further updated in January 2010 with information from Lenore Frost |
| References: |
Joyce EB, McCann DA. Burke and Wills : the scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition. CSIRO, 2011
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Wales M, Pearn J. Pioneer medical practitioners on the Darling Downs. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1996;16:79-92
Patrick R. History of health and medicine in Queensland 1824 to 1960. St. Lucia, 1987
Moreton Bay Courier: abstracts and indexes - people, places and events relating to Drayton District and Darling Downs 3 Jan 1852 to 31 Dec 1859. Mary Hollis for Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History Society Inc. 2001
Tipping M. Ludwig Becker. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press for the Library Council of Victoria, 1979
Corkhill A. Queensland and Germany. Melbourne, 1992
Herman Beckler MD [advertisement]. Moreton Bay Courier 7 July 1856 [commencing practice at Drayton]
Doctor Hermann Beckler [advertisement]. Moreton Bay Courier 14 July 1856 [has visited Drayton and declined to practice there, now consulting Ipswich]
Dr. H. Beckler [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 20 January 1857 [has commenced practice at Tenterfield]
Chemist and druggist, Warwick [advertisement]. Moreton Bay Courier 10 March 1858 [Dr. H. Beckler]
Annual report of Dr. Mueller [editorial]. Geelong Advertiser 22 May 1860 [Dr. Beckler employed in botanical work in the Northern Rivers region of NSW]
Sydney shipping. Moreton Bay Courier 5 June 1860 [Dr. Beckler on "Grafton" from Clarence River]
News item. Argus (Melbourne) 1 August 1860 [Dr. Hermann Beckler appointed medical officer and botanist to the exploring expedition]
Victorian Exploring Expedition. Argus (Melbourne) 21 November 1860 [Dr. Beckler at Menindie]
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 26 December 1861 [Dr. H. Beckler on "Havilah" from Adelaide]
Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition Commission of Inquiry. Argus (Melbourne) 31 December 1861 [Dr. Beckler examined]
Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 21 January 1862 [Dr. Beckler on "Yorkshire" for London] |
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