Person

Hardie, David (1856 - 1945)

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Born
4 June 1856
Elgin, Scotland
Died
11 November 1945
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

David Hardie set up practice in Brisbane in 1887 and became a specialist in the diseases of women and children. For many years he was honorary physician at several Brisbane hospitals, including the Hospital for Sick Children. He made an early study of x-ray technology during a visit to Europe in 1895, returning to Australia with some equipment. Hardie took an active role in local medical circles, serving terms as President of the Medical Society of Queensland (and its successor, the Queensland Branch of the British Medical Association). HE served lengthy terms on the Medical Board of Queensland and the Queensland Central Board of Health. From 1911 to 1916 he was a member of the Senate of the University of Queensland.

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Chronology

1878
Education - MB ChB, University of Aberdeen
1878 - 1880
Career position - Demonstrator in anatomy, University of Aberdeen
1880 - 1887
Career position - In general practice, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
1887
Education - MD, University of Aberdeen
1887
Life event - Migrated to Queensland
1887 - 1922
Career position - In medical practice, Brisbane
1893
Career position - President, Medical Society of Queensland
1894 - 1915
Career position - Member, Queensland Central Board of Health
1894 - 1934
Career position - Member, Medical Board of Queensland
1910
Career position - President, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association
1911 - 1916
Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
1911 - 1940
Career position - Chairman of Council, Emmanuel College
1913
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
1915 - 1916
Career position - Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps
1919
Award - Honorary LLD, University of Aberdeen
1920
Career position - President, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association
1922
Life event - Retired from practice
1927 - 1945
Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Archival resources

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

  • David Hardie - Records, 1880 - 1956, MS F1431; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Gill, J. C. H., 'Hardie, Sir David (1856-1945), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 191-192. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090188b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Paterson, R. A., 'The first fifty years of x-ray use in Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 27 (1989), 567-88. Details
  • Pearn, John, '"Images of injury": a perspective and chronology of the introduction of X-rays to Queensland 1896 - 1906', Queensland history journal, 24 (4) (2020), 356-74. Details

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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