Dr William Hobbs (1822 – 8 December 1890)[1] was a medical doctor and politician in colonial Queensland.[2]
Dr William Hobbs | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 26 April 1861 – 18 October 1880 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Hobbs 1822 Middlesex, England |
| Died | 1890 (aged 67–68) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Spouse | Anna Louisa Barton (d.1853 d.1914) |
| Relations | Edmund Barton (brother-in-law) |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
Hobbs was born in London, England,[1] and was one of the earliest colonists of Queensland, practised as a doctor in Brisbane, and was for a considerable period the Government medical officer.[2][3] Accompanied by his aged mother, he arrived at Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 as surgeon of the Chaseley, the second of John Dunmore Lang's migrant ships. After a brief period at Drayton on the Darling Downs, he commenced practice in Brisbane in September.[1]
He was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council and was a member of the first responsible government, without portfolio, under the premiership of Robert Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, from April 1861 to January 1862.[2] Mr. Hobbs married Anna Louisa Barton, sister of Edmund Barton, of Sydney. He died in Brisbane on 8 December 1890[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Powell, Owen. "Hobbs, William (1822–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Richardson, Holly; Gordon, Sharon (22 December 2018). "How grave robbing solved a murder and birthed forensic medicine in Queensland". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Hobbs William — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 20 February 2015.