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Alexander Collie

Family Name: Collie Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Alexander

DOB 2 June 1793
DOD 8 November 1835

Place of Birth: Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Place of Death: Albany WA

Age at Death: 42

School:
University:

Qualifications: MRCS London 1813
Speciality: Naval surgeon

Other Occupations: Naturalist

Spouse: Unmarried

Children:

Voyages: HM Sloop "Sulphur" arr. Swan River on 6 June 1829

Came out as:

Date Settled Aus: 1829
Date of Departure:

First Registered:
Off Register:

Addresses: Swan River, WA 1829-1831
Albany, WA 1831-1833
Swan River 1833-1835

Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon RN 1813 (Navy List)
Surgeon RN 1815 (Navy List)
Government Resident, Albany, 1831-1832 (ADB)
Colonial Surgeon, Swan River 1833-1835 (ADB)

Publications:

Notes: Fellow of Linnean Society of London 1825
On HMS “Blossom” to NW America 1825-1828 (ADB)
Explored the SW of WA (ADB)
He died at Albany WA on his way back to Britain (ADB)

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in April 2005 with information supplied by Les Johnson of Lower Kalgan, WA; and further updated in February 2009 with information from Gwen Chessell of Coldstream, Berwickshire, UK

References: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Bryan C. Surgeon Alexander Collie R.N. Medical Journal of Australia 1936 i 537-40.
Cohen B.C. History of medicine in Western Australia. Perth, 1965: 36
Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, UWA Press, 1987
Australian National Botanic Gardens. Biographical notes on plant collectors and illustrators relevant to Australian botany (website)
Adams AR. Dr Alexander Collie. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:244-7
Pearce RL. Alexander Collie, 1793-1835. Medical Journal of Australia 1994 Nov 21;161(10):632-4
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 2001
Snow D. Progress of public health in Western Australia. Perth : Public Health Department, 1981
Jeffs D. Contribution of some naval surgeons...Western Australia. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:139-43
Chessell G. Alexander Collie. University of Western Australia Press, 2008
Bray F.I. Some early medical men of Western Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 29 June 1935
Navy List 1814 [Alexander Collie Assistant Surgeon 1813]
Swan River news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 31 May 1831 [Collie has gone to King George's Sound as resident]
Government notice. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 16 February 1833 [Secretary of State confirms appointment of Alexander COllie Esq as Colonial Surgeon]
To be sold. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 3 October 1835 [household goods, property of Dr. Collie, Perth]
Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 12 December 1835 [A. Colie Esq late Colonial surgeon, left in HMS "Zebra" on leave, died at KG's Sound]

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last updated 25-05-2019

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Alexander Collie
Family Name:	Collie	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Alexander

DOB	2 June 1793	DOD	8 November 1835
Place of Birth:	Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Place of Death:	Albany WA
Age at Death:	42

School:		University:
Qualifications:	MRCS London 1813	Speciality:	Naval surgeon
Other Occupations:	Naturalist

Spouse:	Unmarried
Children:

Voyages:	HM Sloop "Sulphur" arr. Swan River on 6 June 1829
Came out as:
Date Settled Aus:	1829	Date of Departure:
First Registered:		Off Register:
Addresses:	Swan River, WA 1829-1831 Albany, WA 1831-1833 Swan River 1833-1835

Positions Held:	Assistant Surgeon RN 1813 (Navy List) Surgeon RN 1815 (Navy List) Government Resident, Albany, 1831-1832 (ADB) Colonial Surgeon, Swan River 1833-1835 (ADB)
Publications:
Notes:	Fellow of Linnean Society of London 1825 On HMS “Blossom” to NW America 1825-1828 (ADB) Explored the SW of WA (ADB) He died at Albany WA on his way back to Britain (ADB)
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in April 2005 with information supplied by Les Johnson of Lower Kalgan, WA; and further updated in February 2009 with information from Gwen Chessell of Coldstream, Berwickshire, UK
References:	Australian Dictionary of Biography Bryan C. Surgeon Alexander Collie R.N. Medical Journal of Australia 1936 i 537-40. Cohen B.C. History of medicine in Western Australia. Perth, 1965: 36 Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, UWA Press, 1987 Australian National Botanic Gardens. Biographical notes on plant collectors and illustrators relevant to Australian botany (website) Adams AR. Dr Alexander Collie. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:244-7 Pearce RL. Alexander Collie, 1793-1835. Medical Journal of Australia 1994 Nov 21;161(10):632-4 Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 2001 Snow D. Progress of public health in Western Australia. Perth : Public Health Department, 1981 Jeffs D. Contribution of some naval surgeons...Western Australia. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:139-43 Chessell G. Alexander Collie. University of Western Australia Press, 2008 Bray F.I. Some early medical men of Western Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 29 June 1935 Navy List 1814 [Alexander Collie Assistant Surgeon 1813] Swan River news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 31 May 1831 [Collie has gone to King George's Sound as resident] Government notice. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 16 February 1833 [Secretary of State confirms appointment of Alexander COllie Esq as Colonial Surgeon] To be sold. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 3 October 1835 [household goods, property of Dr. Collie, Perth] Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 12 December 1835 [A. Colie Esq late Colonial surgeon, left in HMS "Zebra" on leave, died at KG's Sound]
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	last updated 25-05-2019