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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001264b.htm person Montgomery Sydney Hamilton Rowan AACR2 25 October 1869 1 March 1916 Place of Birth Belfast, Ireland Place of Death Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Psychiatrist Sydney Montgomery played a vital role in the treatment and management of the insane in Western Australia (WA). As Inspector General and Medical Officer for the Insane, Montgomery oversaw the running of all mental health facilities in WA and introduced the 1904 Lunacy Act and the 1912 Inebriates Act. He was also the local branch president of the British Medical Association in 1909. 1879 1888 Education - Studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Ireland 1894 1894 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), Royal University of Ireland c. 1895 c. 1896 Career position - Ship's Surgeon on the City of Agra, India and South America 1897 c. 1900 Career position - Assistant at the Nottingham City Asylum for the Insane, UK 1901 1902 Career position - Superintending Medical Officer of Asylums in Western Australia 20 June 1901 20 June 1901 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Fremantle, WA) 1903 Career position - Inspector General and Medical Officer for the Insane 1904 1904 Career position - Drafted Western Australia's new Lunacy Act 1905 1905 Career position - Co-established (with WP Birmingham) a three-year training act for mental-care nurses 1910 1910 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Western Australian branch 1912 1912 Career position - Drafted the Inebriates Act

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 Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan (1869-1916)

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 'Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan (1869-1916), psychiatrist Ellis, A. S. Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan (1869-1916), psychiatrist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 559-560 Journal Article: Sydney Hamilton Montgomery (1869-1916), Psychiatrist Ellis, Archie Samuel Sydney Hamilton Montgomery (1869-1916), Psychiatrist 1986 Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 10 559-560