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Resigned from position of Colonial Surgeon due to ill health
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Dismissed a charge of perjury against Constable Rouse
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Qualified Medical practitioner
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Testified that William Colcough per 'Westmoreland' was not ill
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Assigned servant John Tifford admonished and discharged after being charged with disobedience of orders
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Assigned servant John Tifford charged with stealing a handkerchief from George Longford
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
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Witness in court. Stated James Heffernan was well enough to be sent back to work
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
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Treated Thomas Boyd ('Guildford')
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Qualified Medical Practitioner. Colonial surgeon
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Appointed to assist in revising the electoral list
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Rev. Threlkeld and Dr. Brooks on board the steamer Sophia Jane when she received the first 2 tons of coal from the new A.A. Company workings
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Testified at trial of Hugh Banham who had murdered Thomas Kennywell
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On committee to make arrangements for a testimonial to E.C. Close
Source:
Wood., W. Allan., 'Dawn in the Valley', the Story of Settlement in the Hunter River Valley., Wentworth books, Sydney, 1972
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pp. 82, 131, 293
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
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Found Francis Walker asleep on Rev. Wilton's sofa. Walker got up after Dr. Brooks 'applied a waddy to his posterior'. Walker sentenced to 50 lashes
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Newcastle hospital
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
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William Hanbridge sentenced to 2 months on the treadmill in Sydney for neglect of duty and disobedience. William Erskine in Dr. Brooks absence gave order for Hanbridge to give a prisoner medicine which he forgot to do
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
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Robert Wellman, free. Bricklayer of Newcastle. Charged by George Brooks with allowing his dog to attack a native in the street. Brooks and hospital attendants had reason to fear attacks from the dog when they went to the hospital at night. Dog destroyed. Case dismissed
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Pictorial history of Newcastle
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Campaigned to make Newcastle a free port
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Councillor for Newcastle Council
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Co-signed a letter to Maitland Mercury stating regret of a slur that had been made on the Soldiers of the 99th Regiment.