Person
Smart, Thomas Christie (1816 - 1896)
- Born
- 1816
Scotland - Died
- 26 March 1896
Corbelian Bay, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon and Politician
Summary
Thomas Smart was a surgeon at many of Tasmania's hospitals including the Hospital for the Insane in New Norfolk, the Queen's Asylum for destitute children at New Town and the General Hospital in Hobart. He was also a member and one-time president of the Court of Medical Examiners and a member of the Board of Commissioners for the Cascades Hospital for the Insane. Smart was not only a successful and well regarded medical practitioner, but he was also an adept politician. He spent around five years in the Legislative Council and was Alderman (1868-1869) and Mayor (1870) of Hobart. Some of his papers and records are held by the University of Tasmania Library.
Details
Chronology
- 1842
- Education - Medical studies, Extra Academical School of Medicine in Scotland and became a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons
- 1842 - 1856
- Career position - Arrived in Melbourne as Medical Officer and was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the convict probation station at Fingal, Van Diemen's Land
- 1849
- Career position - Appointed Justice of the Peace
- 1856 -
- Career position - Private practice in Hobart Town
- 1860 -
- Career position - Honorary Medical Officer, General Hospital in Hobart
- 1860 - 1868
- Career position - Surgeon to the Volunteer Force of the City Guards
- 1862 - 1864
- Career position - Medical Officer, Queen's Asylum for destitute children at New Town
- 1864 -
- Career position - Member of the Court of Medical Examiners
- 1868 - 1869
- Career position - Alderman of Hobart
- 1870
- Career position - Mayor of Hobart
- 1871 - 1873
- Career position - Trustee of the Tasmanian Public Library
- 1875
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Edinburgh
- 1878 - 1884
- Career position - Member of the Board of Commissioners for the Cascades Hospital for the Insane
- 1879 -
- Career position - Chairman, Hospital's Board of Management and Visiting Committee
- 1879 - 1894
- Career position - Trustee of the Tasmanian Public Library
- 1881 - 1886
- Career position - Elected to the Legislative Council
- 1882 - 1884
- Career position - Government Minister
- 1884
- Career position - President of the Court of Medical Examiners
- 1886
- Career position - Manager of the Hospital for the Insane in New Norfolk
- 1886
- Career position - Resigned from the Legislative Council
- 1892 - 1893
- Career position - Medical Officer, Hospital for Insane in Hobart
- 1895 - 1896
- Career position - Medical Officer, Hospital for Insane in Hobart
Related entries
Archival resources
Archives Office of Tasmania
- Thomas Christie Smart - Records; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
University of Tasmania Library
- Thomas Christie Smart - Records, 1884; University of Tasmania Library. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Bolger, Peter, 'Smart, Thomas Christie (1816-1896)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 137-138. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060157b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16059930. Details
- 'Smart, Thomas Christie (1816-1896)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464275. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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