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Biographical entry Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook (1871 - 1955)
- Born
- 29 September 1871
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 8 March 1955
Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Health worker
Summary
John Simeon C. Elkington was an advocate of public health. Amongst his achievements were the introduction of a system for checking the health of schoolchildren, development of a federal quarantine service and work with tropical medicine.
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Book Sections
- Roe, Michael, 'Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook (1871-1955), advocate of public health', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 425-426. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080450b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Elkington, J S C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-573946. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004
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