Person

Mackellar, Charles Kinnaird (1844 - 1926)

KCMG

Born
5 December 1844
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
14 July 1926
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Sir Charles Mackellar was a physician and eventually Director of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary (Sydney Hospital) 1884-1903 and a member of the Board of Health until 1925. From 1902-1914 he was President of the State Children's Relief Board of New South Wales.

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Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1902 - 1914
Career position - President of the State Children's Relief Board of New South Wales.
1912
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - President of the NSW Children's Relief Board
1916
Award - Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - President - NSW State Children's Relief Board

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Charles Kinnaird Mackellar - Records, 1871 - 1922, ML MSS 2100; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Wellcome Collection

  • Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales, 1912 - 1930, SA/EUG/E.2; Eugenics Society [SA/EUG]; Wellcome Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Mitchell, Ann M., 'Mackellar, Sir Charles Kinnaird (1844-1926), physician, politician and businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 297-298. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100290b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Garton, Stephen, 'Sir Charles Mackellar: Psychiatry, Eugenics and Child Welfare in New South Wales, 1900-1914', Historical Studies, 22 (86) (1986), 21-34. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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