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Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey

Family Name: Elsey Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Joseph Ravenscroft

DOB 14 March 1834
DOD 31 October 1857

Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: St. Kitts, West Indies

Age at Death: 23

School:
University:

Qualifications: MB London 1853
MRCS England 1855
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Explorer
Naturalist
Ornithologist

Spouse:

Children:

Voyages: "Marco Polo" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 25 June 1855
Unknown voyage to Sydney 1855
"Tom Tough" and "Marco Polo" dep. Sydney for Victoria River 20 July 1855
"Alnwick Castle" dep. Sydney for London 15 March 1857

Came out as: Passenger

Date Settled Aus: 1855
Date of Departure:

First Registered:
Off Register:

Addresses: London, England (ADB)
Sydney, NSW 1855 (ADB)
Victoria River, NT 1855-1856 (ADB)
Queensland 1856 (ADB)
England 1857 (ADB)
St Kitts, West Indies 1857 (ADB)

Positions Held: Surgeon and Naturalist to the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855

Publications:

Notes: In 1856 trekked 2000 miles overland from the Victoria River to Brisbane.
In 1857 returned to England from Sydney, thence to the West Indies where he died.
Ripogonum elseyanum named after him.
A creek in the area explored by the Gregory expedition is named after him

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in June 2004 with information supplied by Reece Jennings of North Plympton, SA

References: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 2001
Pearn J. Around the rim : the role of surgeons in discovery and research in the Pacific rim. Parts 1 and 2. Aust N Z J Surg 1994;64:38-44, 121-4
Gregory AC. Journals of Australian explorations. Brisbane, 1884
Cumpston JHL. Inland sea and the great river. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1964
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 27 June 1855 [Mr Elsey on "Marco Polo" from Liverpool]
Northern expedition. Sydney Morning Herald 18 July 1855 [J. R. Elsey surgeon and naturalist]
Shipping intelligence. Maitland Mercury 21 July 1855 [departure of "Monarch and "Tom Tough" for Moreton Bay]
Shipping intelligence. Empire (Sydney) 14 March 1857 [Mr Elsey on "Alnwick Castle" for London]

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last updated 27-05-2019

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Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey
Family Name:	Elsey	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Joseph Ravenscroft

DOB	14 March 1834	DOD	31 October 1857
Place of Birth:	London, England	Place of Death:	St. Kitts, West Indies
Age at Death:	23

School:		University:
Qualifications:	MB London 1853 MRCS England 1855	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Explorer Naturalist Ornithologist

Spouse:
Children:

Voyages:	"Marco Polo" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 25 June 1855 Unknown voyage to Sydney 1855 "Tom Tough" and "Marco Polo" dep. Sydney for Victoria River 20 July 1855 "Alnwick Castle" dep. Sydney for London 15 March 1857
Came out as:	Passenger
Date Settled Aus:	1855	Date of Departure:
First Registered:		Off Register:
Addresses:	London, England (ADB) Sydney, NSW 1855 (ADB) Victoria River, NT 1855-1856 (ADB) Queensland 1856 (ADB) England 1857 (ADB) St Kitts, West Indies 1857 (ADB)

Positions Held:	Surgeon and Naturalist to the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855
Publications:
Notes:	In 1856 trekked 2000 miles overland from the Victoria River to Brisbane. In 1857 returned to England from Sydney, thence to the West Indies where he died. Ripogonum elseyanum named after him. A creek in the area explored by the Gregory expedition is named after him
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in June 2004 with information supplied by Reece Jennings of North Plympton, SA
References:	Australian Dictionary of Biography Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 1990 Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 2001 Pearn J. Around the rim : the role of surgeons in discovery and research in the Pacific rim. Parts 1 and 2. Aust N Z J Surg 1994;64:38-44, 121-4 Gregory AC. Journals of Australian explorations. Brisbane, 1884 Cumpston JHL. Inland sea and the great river. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1964 Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 27 June 1855 [Mr Elsey on "Marco Polo" from Liverpool] Northern expedition. Sydney Morning Herald 18 July 1855 [J. R. Elsey surgeon and naturalist] Shipping intelligence. Maitland Mercury 21 July 1855 [departure of "Monarch and "Tom Tough" for Moreton Bay] Shipping intelligence. Empire (Sydney) 14 March 1857 [Mr Elsey on "Alnwick Castle" for London]
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	last updated 27-05-2019