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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/P007685b.htm person Robertson James AACR2 1822 17 November 1862 Place of Birth Devon, United Kingdom Place of Death Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner James Robertson was a medical practitioner who in 1854 migrated to New South Wales seeking a better climate to mitigate his tuberculosis. He joined the private practice of Bartholomew O'Brien in Sydney. Appointed Honorary Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital in 1856, Robertson resigned several years later in a sectarian dispute. He then became Honorary Surgeon at Sydney Hospital. Robertson was particularly interested in public health. He advocated the use of iron (not lead) pipes for carrying drinking water (many of his patients suffered from lead poisoning), and was critical of the discharge of sewage into the Harbour in central Sydney. It was his initiative which saw the foundation of the Australian Medical Association in 1859, as a professional association and to provide benevolent funds for members when needed. The Association did not survive long after his death in 1862 from TB. 1843 1843 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1848 1848 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England c. 1848 1854 Career position - Surgeon and physician, Hitchin Infirmary, United Kingdom 1850 1850 Education - MB, University of London 1854 1854 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales 1856 1862 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1856 1862 Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney 1857 1858? Career position - Honorary Surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney 1859 1859 Career event - Founded Australian Medical Association 1869 1862 Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Sydney Hospital Australian Medical Association [I] (1859 - 1869)

Founder 1859

 St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (1857 - )

Honorary Surgeon 1856 - ?1858

 Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

Member 1856 - 1862

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Examiner in Medicine 1856 - 1862

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