Biographical entry Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812 - 1878)

Summary

Robert Culbertson Hope was a medical practitioner at Campbelltown and then in Geelong, Victoria. Shortly after moving to the Geelong district he took up land at Batesford where he built flour mills and supplied meat, bread and vegetables to gold diggers at Ballarat and Bendigo in 1851. He was one of the early viticulturists in the Geelong district, but phylloxera ruined the vines in 1877. Hope was also joint founder of the Mechanics' Institute at Batesford and President of the Geelong and Western District Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

Details

Events

1834

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

1838

Life event - Arrived in Australia

1838 - 1846

Career position - Private practice in Campbelltown (New South Wales?, South Australia?)

1850s - 1877

Career position - Viticulturist at Moorabool River (Geelong)

1860

Career position - Chairman of the Board of Agriculture

Published resources

Book Sections

• Clark, Manning, 'Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812-1878), medical practitioner and pastoralist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 419-420. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040472b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hope, Robert Culbertson', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466353. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P002397. Details