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Newcastle Possibly Alexander
Gamack who was mentioned in dispatches for his exertions during an uprising of
convicts at Norfolk Island in
1834
After submitting the
necessary testimonials of qualifications to the President and Members of the New
South Wales Medical Board appointed by his Excellency the Governor, Doctors were
certified 'Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners'. Dr. Alexander Gamack
was listed as a Qualified Medical practitioner and Colonial surgeon in Newcastle
in 1848. He was also appointed Magistrate in September of that year
Dr. Gamack and his family were residing in Parramatta when the following
article appeared in the Maitland Mercury in 1850.......
"Merciful Preservation
from Destruction
by Lightning.-On Tuesday morning last,
during the violence of the tempest, the electric
fluid entered the dwelling house of Dr
Gamack The description of the circumstance by the in-mates
is as follows : A ball of brilliant fire,
about the size of a cricket ball, entered the
kitchen, where two men and a woman servant
were occupied-the woman was thrown to a
distance, and lost the power of speech ; the
men were also thrown from their places, gasping
for breath. The ball of fire played and flickered
under the table for a perceptible space of time,
clearing the stove dust off the floor, then made
its exit out of the kitchen, round to the window
of the breakfast room, where the doctor and
Mrs. Gamack with their son, a lad of eleven
years of years of age, were sitting; the fluid
here exploded with an awful crack-the boy was
sent from the table to a corner of the room, and
Mrs. G. thrown violently back into her chair.
The doctor received a blow, on the right side of
the chest ; the table shook so much that one of
the breakfast cups turned completely upside
down ; and the poor boy, who was struck speech-less,
when lie recovered his breath, shrieked
most piteously. The family remained ill all
day, especially the doctor. The postman, who
was passing the house at the time, felt the
shock, for his horse trembled under him. The
family of Captain Chilcott, who reside near the
spot, describe the shock to have been as if the
house would burst asunder."
Alexander Gamack was married
to Anna (Blachford) Cox, widow of William Cox.
Land Deeds dated 7th March 1839 were advertised in Anna
Gamack's name in May - Anna Gamack, George Cox, Edward Cox and James
Norton, in trust, 1216 acres. Lot 27
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