Biographical entry Ferguson, Eustace William (1884 - 1927)

Summary

Eustace William Ferguson was principal microbiologist for the New South Wales Department of Health from 1920. He was also a noted entomologist who specialised in the study and distribution of Australian insects capable of spreading disease (especially fleas, ticks, biting flies and mosquitoes). Ferguson published many scientific articles on subjects such as diphtheria, dengue fever and medical entomology and parasitology. Eustace Ferguson was a member of many professional bodies including the Royal Society of New South Wales, the Royal Society of South Australia, the Royal Institute of Tropical Medicine (London), the Great Barrier Reef Committee and an associate member of the National Research Council.

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Events

1894

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) with family

1908 -

Career position - Member of the Linnean Society

1908

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney

1908 - 1910

Career position - Junior Medical Officer and Pathologist at Sydney Hospital

1909

Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

1911

Career position - Private practice with Dr Walton Smith

1912

Career position - Medical Officer at Rydalmere Hospital for the Insane

1913 - 1915

Career position - Assistant Microbiologist at the Department of Public Health in New South Wales

1915 - 1916

Career position - Captain with the Australian Army Medical Corps at the No. 10 Australian General Hospital in London and the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield

1917

Career position - No.3 Australian General Hospital in France and Egypt

August 1918 - March 1919

Career position - Major and Head of the ANZAC Field Laboratory (7-8 month post) in Palestine

September 1919

Career position - Returned to Sydney and the Department of Public Health

1920

Career position - Principal Microbiologist at the Department of Public Health

1922 - 1923

Career position - President of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

1926

Education - Diploma in Public Health completed at the University of Sydney

1926 - 1927

Career position - President of the Linnean Society

Published resources

Books

• Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Vallee, Peter, 'Ferguson, Eustace William (1884-1927)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 484-485. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080510b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Ferguson, Eustace W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-586438. Details