Person

Hughes, Ernest Selwyn (1860 - 1942)

Born
12 May 1860
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Died
16 June 1942
Aspendale, Victoria, Australia

Summary

Ernest Hughes was vicar of St Peter's, Eastern Hill 1900-1926. In 1915 he led a deputation of the members of the Melbourne Metropolitan Hospitals Board of Supplies waiting on the Minister for Customs, recommending that 'a Federal Government Institute for the preparation of therapeutic sera, vaccines and organ extracts should be established'. This was one of the factors that led to the establishment of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in 1916.

Details

Born Cobram, Victoria, 12 May 1860. Died Aspendale, Victoria, 16 June 1942. Curate, St Peter's, Eastern Hill 1894-1900, vicar 1900-1926.

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Harper, Norman, 'Hughes, Ernest Selwyn (1860-1942), Anglican clergyman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 388-389. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090390b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

Rosanne Walker

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