Person
Casey, Cornelius Gavin (1810 - 1896)
- Born
- 1810
Liverpool, England - Died
- 2 August 1896
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Cornelius Casey, the grandfather of R. G. Casey was Assistant Colonial Surgeon in Van Diemen's Land 1833-1843. He then held a number of official posts, resigning from time to time, usually as a result of disagreements, to enter private practice.
Details
Born Liverpool, England, 1810. Died Melbourne, 2 August 1896. Arrived Van Diemen's Land 1833 as surgeon in an immigrant ship; assistant colonial surgeon 1833-43; Hobart General Hospital 1843-?; Medical Court of Examiners from 1844; private practice until 1848; medical officer to the gaol, watch-house and police at Launceston 1848-?; private practice in Tasmania until 1863; Victoria 1863-96.
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Cornelius Gavin Casey - Records, 1820 - 1978, MS 6150; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Green, F. C., 'Casey, Cornelius Gavin (1810-1896)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 213-214. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010198b.htm. Details
- Green, F. C., 'Casey, Richard Gardiner (1846-1919)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 366-367. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030342b.htm. Details
- Hudson, W. J., 'Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (Baron Casey) (1890-1976)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 381-385. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130426b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24218389. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/120127552. Details
- 'Casey, Cornelius Gavin (1810-1896)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463006. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_c.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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