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Robert Halliley Milner

Family Name: Milner Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Robert Halliley

DOB 1816
DOD 10 January 1858

Place of Birth: Wakefield, England
Place of Death: Turrawan, NSW

Age at Death:

School:
University:

Qualifications: MRCS 1840
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Pastoralist
Winegrower
Hotelier

Spouse: Caroline Harley m.1845 at Muswellbrook NSW

Children: Annie b.1844 d.1866
Caroline b.1849 d.1869
Robert
William
Arthur Halmney b.1843 d.1931
Alfred b.1850 d.1919

Voyages: "Duke of Roxburgh" from Cork arr. Sydney 10 January 1842

Came out as: Surgeon superintendent

Date Settled Aus: 1842
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1844 NSW No.253
Off Register:

Addresses: Sydney, NSW 1842 (shipping record)
Murrurundi, NSW 1843, 1845 (SMH, Mercury)
Turrawan, Namoi River, NSW 1848 onwards

Positions Held:

Publications:

Notes: He did not practice in Australia although there are records of him attending to aborigines and white settlers around Turrawan
He purchased a property "Broadwater" named for the wide stretch of water on the Namoi River which divided his property from Wallah Station
He built a hotel/wine bar and had a vineyard
He died at "Broadwater"and is buried on the property along with his wife

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in November 2004 with information supplied by Roslyn Townsend of Armidale, NSW

References: New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 11 January 1844 [registered MRCS 4 December 1840]
Obituary. Medical directory 1859:980 [died 10 January 1858 at Turrawong, NSW]
Rolls E. Million wild acres. South Melbourne 1981
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 11 January 1842 [Dr. Milner surgeon superintendent on "Duke of Roxburgh"]
Murrurundi. Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1843 [Dr. Milner attends political meeting]
Page's River Races [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 5 July 1845 [Dr. Milner a steward]
Claims to leases of Crown Lands. Maitland Mercury 30 September 1848 [Robert Halliley Milner, Turrawan on the Namoi River]
Broadwater, Namoi River. Empire (Sydney) 20 January 1858 [sudden death of Dr. Milner]

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last updated 11-05-2019

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Robert Halliley Milner
Family Name:	Milner	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Robert Halliley

DOB	1816	DOD	10 January 1858
Place of Birth:	Wakefield, England	Place of Death:	Turrawan, NSW
Age at Death:

School:		University:
Qualifications:	MRCS 1840	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Pastoralist Winegrower Hotelier

Spouse:	Caroline Harley m.1845 at Muswellbrook NSW
Children:	Annie b.1844 d.1866 Caroline b.1849 d.1869 Robert William Arthur Halmney b.1843 d.1931 Alfred b.1850 d.1919

Voyages:	"Duke of Roxburgh" from Cork arr. Sydney 10 January 1842
Came out as:	Surgeon superintendent
Date Settled Aus:	1842	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1844 NSW No.253	Off Register:
Addresses:	Sydney, NSW 1842 (shipping record) Murrurundi, NSW 1843, 1845 (SMH, Mercury) Turrawan, Namoi River, NSW 1848 onwards

Positions Held:
Publications:
Notes:	He did not practice in Australia although there are records of him attending to aborigines and white settlers around Turrawan He purchased a property "Broadwater" named for the wide stretch of water on the Namoi River which divided his property from Wallah Station He built a hotel/wine bar and had a vineyard He died at "Broadwater"and is buried on the property along with his wife
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in November 2004 with information supplied by Roslyn Townsend of Armidale, NSW
References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 11 January 1844 [registered MRCS 4 December 1840] Obituary. Medical directory 1859:980 [died 10 January 1858 at Turrawong, NSW] Rolls E. Million wild acres. South Melbourne 1981 Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 11 January 1842 [Dr. Milner surgeon superintendent on "Duke of Roxburgh"] Murrurundi. Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1843 [Dr. Milner attends political meeting] Page's River Races [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 5 July 1845 [Dr. Milner a steward] Claims to leases of Crown Lands. Maitland Mercury 30 September 1848 [Robert Halliley Milner, Turrawan on the Namoi River] Broadwater, Namoi River. Empire (Sydney) 20 January 1858 [sudden death of Dr. Milner]
Portraits:
Links to Pictures:
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	last updated 11-05-2019