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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-08 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007684b.htm person Macfarlane John AACR2 31 July 1813 6 July 1873 Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner John Macfarlane was a medical practitioner who, before settling in New South Wales, was ship's surgeon on several voyages in Arctic waters and on immigrant ships to New South Wales. He decided to remain in 1840 and for the next 33 years had a private practice in central Sydney. In 1845 he was appointed Honorary Physician to the Sydney Infirmary, an association which lasted until his death. Macfarlane was much concerned with medical education and the registration of properly qualified medical practitioners in the colony. From 1852 until 1873 he was a Member, and later President, of the Medical Board of New South Wales. As a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1858 until his death, he tried, several times and unsuccessfully, to introduce a Bill to regulate who could practice medicine in the colony. Between 1856 and 1870 he was Examiner in Medicine at the University of Sydney. He served as President in 1860 of the short-lived Australian Medical Association. 1837 1837 Education - MD, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 1839 1839 Career event - Passed the Medical Board of New South Wales 1840 1840 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales 1840 1873 Career position - In private medical practice, Sydney 1845 1866 Career position - Honorary Physician, Sydney Infirmary 1852 1869 Career position - President , Medical Board of New South Wales 1856 1870 Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney 1857 1857 Career event - Registered to practice medicine in Victoria 1857 1857 Life event - MD ad eudem, University of Melbourne 1858 1870 Career position - Member (appointed), Legislative Council, Parliament of New South Wales 1859 1859 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Medical Association 1860 1860 Career position - President, Australian Medical Association 1866 1873 Career position - Honorary Consultant, Sydney Infirmary 1869 1873 Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum 1869 1873? Career position - President , Medical Board of New South Wales Australian Medical Association [I] (1859 - 1869)

President 1860

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Trustee 1869 - 1873

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Examiner in Medicine 1856 - 1870

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