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Andrew Aldcorn
Family Name: Aldcorn  Variant Spellings: Alcorn 
Given Names: Andrew
DOB 1792 approx.
DOD 13 August 1877 
Place of Birth: Scotland
Place of Death: Bell's Creek, NSW 
Age at Death: 85
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MD Glasgow 1829
LFPS 1829
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Unmarried
Children:
Voyages:
Came out as:  
Date Settled Aus: by 1841
Date of Departure:  
First Registered: 1858 NSW No. 486
Off Register: 1870 
Addresses: Oban, Scotland (SMH Obituary, Addison)
  • Dunach, Vic 1841 (Vic Parliament website)
  • Tragawell, Vic 1848 (Vic Parliament website)
  • Avoca, Vic (Vic Parliament website)
  • Shoalhaven, NSW
  • Positions Held: Editor of The Banner, Melbourne 1853 (Argus)
  • MLC Victoria 1854 (SMH)
  • Magistrate, Shoalhaven 1856 (SMH)
  • MLA, New South Wales 1858-1859 (NSW Parliament website))
  • Publications:
    Notes: He may have resigned from his post in the Victorian Legislative Council before it was confirmed in London in January 1854 - Ed.
  • His name does not appear on David Richards' list of the licentiates of the Glasgow college - Ed.
  • Acknowledgments:
    References: New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1869 [Andrew Aldcorn registered 6 April 1858 LFPS and MD Glasgow 1829]
  • Medical Directory for New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney, 1860
  • Addison WI. Roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow, 1898 [Andrew Aldcorn of Oban MD 1829]
  • Downing Street. Sydney Morning Herald 12 May 1854 [Dr. Andrew Aldcorn appointed MLC in Victorian Parliament]
  • Shoalhaven. Sydney Morning Herald 27 September 1856 [Dr. Aldcorn a magistrate]
  • New South Wales. Argus (Melbourne) 27 January 1858 [Dr. Aldcorn, once editor of The Banner, elected unopposed to the seat of St. Vincent on a liberal platform]
  • Former members, Legislative Assembly, Parliament of NSW website [gives his dates, places of birth and death]
  • Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 16 August 1877 [Andrew Aldcorn, MD, formerly of Oban, Scotland, aged 85 years]
  • Re-member,Parliament of Victoria website [arr. Vic. about 1841, pastoral runs Dunach, Tragawell and Avoca, editor Banner 1853-4]
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