David Williams
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Background
Dr David John Williams was born in 1819 in Swansea[1], Glenmorganshire, Wales, Dr Williams studied Medicine in London, graduating in 1841. He practiced in London for three years, leaving for Sydney in 1844 as Surgeon-Superintendent on the Templar. He returned to england, joining the medical service and was appointed as a personal medical attendant to Tsar Nicholas I. He married Jane Walker , and their son, Houlton Vossm was born on 14 September 1854. The child died in March 1855 and is buried at Ballaarat Old Cemetery.[2]
Dr David Williams decided to moved to Victoria, and arrived in Melbourne on 17 May 1853 on the Bride, a vessel on which he served as Surgeon-Superintendent. In September 1853 he was appointed to the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean.[3]
Dr Williams took up the position of District Surgeon at Ballarat after the resignation of Dr Heise, arriving in Ballarat on 10 August 1854. The position was abolished on 31 December 1854.[4]
He died in 1902.[5]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Dr David Williams was a medical doctor who was at Eureka during the uprising and attended the the wounded at the Government Camp. He was the coroner in the inquest into the death of James Scobie on 07 October 1854, and on Henry Powell after the Eureka Stockade.[6]
Post 1854 Experiences
Dr David Williams visited in England settling at Queenscliff in 1855 after his return to Victoria. He he set up in practice, living at at 26 Mercer Street,[7] and served a term as Mayor.[8]
Obituary
- The will of David John Williams, of Queenscliff, doctor of medicine, who died on the 18th of January, was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday. Testator was possessed of an estate valued at £3482, which he leaves to his son, Cyril Gowen Vost Williams.[9]
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Further Reading
References
- ↑ Melbourne Leader, 02 December 1893.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Melbourne Leader, 02 December 1893.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Town Talk, 18 February 1902.
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