Person

Bowman, James (1784 - 1846)

Born
1784
Died
23 August 1846
Ravensworth, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Surgeon and Pastoralist

Summary

James Bowman, a naval surgeon, first visited New South Wales in 1816 while serving on the transport ship Mary Anne. It was after his third voyage to Sydney, on John Barry in 1819, that he stayed. Appointed Principal Surgeon at the Sydney Hospital, he made significant improvements to its operations. Between 1828 and 1836 he was Inspector of Colonial Hospitals. After he married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1823, his attention was directed increasingly, and not entirely successfully, towards agricultural pursuits. In 1823 Bowman was appointed Member of the first New South Wales Legislative Council. He was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Australasia.

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1806
Career event - Joined Royal Navy as Assistant surgeon
1807 - ?
Career position - Surgeon, Royal Navy
19 January 1816
Career event - Arrived in Sydney as surgeon on transport ship Mary Anne
1819
Life event - Settled in New South Wales
1819 - 1823
Career position - Principal Colonial Surgeon
June 1821 - 1822
Career position - Foundation Member, Philosophical Society of Australasia
December 1823 - November 1825
Career position - Member (appointed) of the first New South Wales Legislative Council
1824 - 1829
Career position - Member of local Committee, Australian Agricultural Company
1828 - 1836
Career position - Inspector of colonial hospitals

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  • Stokes, A. F., The Jubilee Book of the Sydney Hospital Clinical School (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1960). Details

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