Person
Cotter, Thomas Young (1805 - 1882)
- Born
- 1805
Bantry, Cork, Ireland - Died
- 9 January 1882
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Thomas Young Cotter was appointed the first colonial surgeon of South Australia in 1835, but didn't arrive in the colony until January 1837. In this post he cared for all government officers and immigrants and their families as well as many of the prisoners. Due to the colony's harsh conditions, poor facilities and insufficient funds, Cotter struggled to provide a decent medical service and was accused of neglect. He was eventually suspended from service in 1839. He spent the rest of his life working in general practice around South Australia and held many short-term medical posts. Cotter was a co-inventor of a 'New and Improved Mode of separating Copper and Bismuth from Ores' which was patented in 1869.
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Chronology
- 1835 - 1839
- Career position - First Colonial Surgeon of South Australia
- 1840s - 1870s
- Career position - Private practice in various locations around South Australia
- c. 1855 - 1856
- Career position - Medical officer at Robe, South Australia
- 1864
- Career position - Surgeon for the Great Northern Mining Co.
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- 'Cotter, Thomas Young (1805-1882)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), p. 248. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010237b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Cotter, Thomas Young, 'Improvements in the Smelting of Copper. (Patent, 1 March, 1862)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia, 1 (22) (1848-68), 2. Details
- Cotter, Thomas Young and Dubois, Charles Lewis, 'New and Improved Mode of separating Copper and Bismuth from Ores, &c. (Patent, 28 Jan., 1869)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia, 2 (116) (1868-74), 2. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538914. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92828419. Details
- 'Cotter, Thomas Young (1805-1882)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468781. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 17 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011