Person
Hunter, John George (1888 - 1964)
CBE
- Born
- 19 September 1888
Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 December 1964
Lilli Pilli, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Antarctic researcher, Biologist, Medical administrator and Physician
Summary
John Hunter was the chief biologist with the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, stationed at the main base at Cape Denison for one year, and on board Aurora during the 1913 - 1914 summer season. He concentrated on dredging for swimming and bottom-dwelling marine animals, and on seals, penguins and other birds. Among the specimens he collected were mosses, lichens, star-fish, marine worms, jellyfish, pteropods and small fish. On returning from the Expedition Hunter completed his medical studies. After service with the Australian Army Medical Corps he was in private practice and honorary physician in several Sydney hospitals. For many years Hunter was Secretary of the New South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association and General Secretary of the Association's Australian Federal Council. He played a central role in the establishment of the Australian Medical Association and of the first private health insurance in Australia. Cape Hunter (Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica) was named in his honour.
Details
Chronology
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1911 - February 1913
- Career position - Biologist, Cape Denison, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Biologist on board Aurora, Australasian Antarctic Expedition
- 1915
- Education - MB, University of Sydney
- 1915
- Award - Polar Medal (Silver)
- 1915 - 1916
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
- 1916
- Education - ChM, University of Sydney
- 1916 - 1918
- Military service - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1918- -
- Career position - In private practice in Sydney
- 1923 - 1927
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Sydney Hospital
- 1927 - 1929
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Royal South Sydney Hospital
- 1929 - 1962
- Career position - Secretary, New South Wales Branch, British Medical Association
- 1933 -
- Career position - General Secretary, Australian Federal Council, British Medical Association
- 1941 - 1943
- Career position - Major in home Militia
- 1956
- Award - Gold Medal, Australian Branch, British Medical Association
- 1957
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1961 - 1964
- Career position - Chair, Australian Council of Social Service
- 1962
- Career position - Secretary-General, Australian Medical Association
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- John George Hunter - Records, 1912; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- John George Hunter - Records, 1911 - 1964, MS 2860; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Beasley, A. W., Fellowship of Three: the Lives and Association of John Hunter (1728-1793), The Surgeon; James Cook (1728-1820), The Navigator; and Joseph Banks (1743-1820), The Naturalist (Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1993). Details
Book Sections
- Heagney, Brenda, 'Hunter, John George (1888-1964), medical administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 523-524. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140596b.htm. Details
Edited Books
- Hunter, Jenny M. ed., Rise and Shine: Diary of John George Hunter, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (Hinton (N.S.W.): Hunter House Publications, 2011), 219 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'John George Hunter', Medical journal of Australia, 2 (2) (1965), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1965.tb18637.x. Details
- Quinn, Kylie, 'Mawson's Men', Australian Antarctic Magazine, 22 (2012), 8-12. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535428. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91440964. Details
- 'Hunter, John George (1888-1964)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-468807. Details
Reviews
- Hunter, Jenny M. ed., Rise and Shine: Diary of John George Hunter, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (2011)
Lucas, Anna, Polar Journal, 2, (2012), 467-8. Details
See also
- Jensen, David, Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton (Sydeny: Allen and Unwin, 2015), 183 pp. Details
- Lugg, Desmond and Ayton, Jeff, 'In the Footsteps of McLean, Jones and Whetter: 100 Years of Australian Antarctic Medical Practice', Australian Antarctic Magazine, 22 (2012), 36-9. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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