Person

Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812 - 1878)

Born
12 May 1812
Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died
24 June 1878
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physician and Pastoralist

Summary

Robert Hope was a medical practitioner at Campbelltown and then in Geelong, Victoria. Shortly after moving to the Geelong district he took up land at Batesford where he built flour mills and supplied meat, bread and vegetables to gold diggers at Ballarat and Bendigo in 1851. He was one of the early viticulturists in the Geelong district, but phylloxera ruined the vines in 1877. Hope was also joint founder of the Mechanics' Institute at Batesford and President of the Geelong and Western District Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

Details

Chronology

1834
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1838
Life event - Arrived in Australia
1838 - 1846
Career position - Private practice in Campbelltown (New South Wales?, South Australia?)
1850s - 1877
Career position - Viticulturist at Moorabool River (Geelong)
1860
Career position - Chairman, Board of Agriculture

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Clark, Manning, 'Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812-1878), medical practitioner and pastoralist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 419-420. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040472b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

Rosanne Walker

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