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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-25 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007656b.htm person Hill Patrick AACR2 13 January 1794 13 March 1852 Place of Birth Perth, Scotland Place of Death Camden, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner Patrick Hill was a highly respected medical practitioner in New South Wales who ultimately became Chief Medical Officer for the colony. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 18 as Assistant Surgeon. He served on several ships, including transportation vessels to Sydney, before remaining in the colony from 1821. Accepting a position as assistant surgeon at the Liverpool hospital, he was promoted in 1829 to Head Surgeon with responsibility for the hospital, local children's homes and associated health services. He had, in 1826, assumed oversight of Australia's second lunatic asylum, which operated within the parsonage of St Luke's church, Liverpool until 1839. His approach to treatment was to promote re-socialisation and instil discipline without the use of punitive measures. When Australia's first purpose-built lunatic asylum at Tarban Creek opened 1837, Hill was appointed as head surgeon at the asylum and magistrate for the Parramatta area. As Chief Medical Officer for New South Wales from 1848, his roles included advising the government on medical matters , and Inspector and Consulting Physician to the Lunatic Asylum. Hill's interest in natural history led him to join the colony's earliest scientific organisation, the Philosophical Society of Australasia, in November 1821. His observations on the platypus were published in 1823. 1812 1812 Career event - Joined the Royal Navy 1816 1816 Career event - Visited Sydney as Surgeon in Atlas 1821 1821 Career event - Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital November 1821 1822 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of Australasia 1826 1826 Career event - Assumed responsibility for lunatic asylum in the parsonage of St Luke's church, Liverpool 1829 1829 Career event - Appointed Head Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital 1837 1837 Career event - Appointed Head surgeon, Tarban Creek lunatic asylum, New South Wales 1848 1852 Career position - Chief Medical Officer for New South Wales Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821 - 1822)

Member 1821 - 1822

 Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Chief Medical Officer 1848 - 1852

 'Hill, Patrick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hill, Patrick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: On the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus or Mullingong, its venomous spur, and general structure Hill, P. On the <span style="font-style:italic">Ornithorhynchus paradoxus</span> or Mullingong, its venomous spur, and general structure 1823 Philosophical Magazine and Journal 61 8-10 Journal Article: Colonial surgeon Patrick Hill (1794 - 1852): unacknowledged pioneer of Australian mental healthcare Raeburn, Toby, Liston, Carol, Hickmott, Jarrad and Cleary, Michelle Colonial surgeon Patrick Hill (1794 - 1852): unacknowledged pioneer of Australian mental healthcare 2019 History of psychiatry 30 1 90-103 Journal Article: Liverpool "lunatic asylum": a forgotten chapter in the history of Australian health care Raeburn, Toby, Liston, Carol, Hickmott, Jarrad and Cleary, Cheryl Liverpool "lunatic asylum": a forgotten chapter in the history of Australian health care 2017 Collegian 25 3 347-53 Book: The administration of lunacy and idiocy in New South Wales, 1788 - 1855 Cummins, C. J. The administration of lunacy and idiocy in New South Wales, 1788 - 1855 Sydney School of Hospital Administration, University of New South Wales 1968 Journal Article: Science for Gentlemen: the Royal Society of New South Wales in the Nineteenth Century Tyler, Peter J. Science for Gentlemen: the Royal Society of New South Wales in the Nineteenth Century 2010 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 143 1/2 29-43