Person
Worgan, George Bouchier (1757 - 1838)
- Born
- 1757
- Died
- 4 March 1838
Liskeard, Cornwall, England - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
George Worgan was surgeon on the Sirius and maintained a diary from 20 January to 11 July 1788, which included an account of the new colony of New South Wales and a description of the land and its inhabitants.
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Christened 3 May 1757. Died 4 March 1838. Joined the navy 1775, surgeon's second mate from February 1778, naval surgeon from March 1780, 2 years on the "Pilote", "Sirius" 1786-89, Norfolk Island 1790, returned to England in the "Waaksamheyd" 1791, surgeon's mate and surgeon till ca 1800, retired on half-pay, took up farming (without much success).
Published resources
Book Sections
- Cobley, John, 'Worgan, George Bouchier (1757-1838)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), p. 623. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020568b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5537128. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/28619117. Details
- 'Worgan, George B. (1757-18380304)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-708135. Details
Theses
- Clarke, Robert Michael, 'Vanguards of empire: the lives of William Dawes, Watkin Tench and George Worgan', PhD thesis, Research School of Humanities and Arts, The Australian National University, 2015, 298 pp. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018