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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007692b.htm person Manning Frederick Norton AACR2 25 February 1839 18 June 1903 Place of Birth Rotherthorpe, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner Norton Manning was the leading, and revolutionary, figure in the treatment of mental health in New South Wales for over 30 years. Appointed Medical Superintendent of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum (later the Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville) in 1868, he ultimately became the inaugural Inspector General for the Insane for New South Wales in 1879, a position he held until his death. Among his many other appointments were as Medical and Immigration Officer for Port Jackson and President of the Board of Health. His advice was sought by the New South Wales and other colonial governments, especially with regard to the inspection and establishment of mental hospitals. The Lunacy Act (1878) was drafted with considerable input from Manning. He actively sought to raise the status of nurses: he was the first President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association. Manning was a Trustee of the Royal Prince Alfred Fund, started to raise funds for the establishment of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. For the University of Sydney, he was Examiner in Medicine for 40 years and the University's first Lecturer in Psychological Medicine. A Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 27 years, he served as Vice-President 1882 - 1883. 1860 1860 Education - Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries, United Kingdom 1860 1860 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1862 1862 Education - MD, St Andrew's University, Scotland 1868 1868 Career position - Medical Superintendent, Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum (later the Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville) 1873 1903 Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney 1876 1879 Career position - Inspector of the Insane for New South Wales 1876 1903 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1879 1897 Career position - Inaugural Inspector General for the Insane, New South Wales 1882 Career position - Medical and Immigration Officer, Port Jackson 1882 1883 Career position - Vice President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1882 1889 Career position - Member, Board of Health, New South Wales 1883 1886 Career position - Chairman, Medical Section, Royal Society of New South Wales 1884 1884 Career event - Served on inquiry into Hospital for the Insane, New Norfolk, Tasmania 1886 1888 Career position - Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney 1889 1892 Career position - President, Board of Health, New South Wales 1894 1894 Career event - Served on inquiry into Bay View Lunatic Asylum 1898 1898 Career event - Retired from practice 1899 1902 Career position - President, Australasian Trained Nurses Association Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Inaugural Inspector General for the Insane 1879 0 1897

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Vice-President 1882 - 1883

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Examiner in Medicine 1873 - 1903; Lecturer in Phychological Medicine 1886 - 1888

 'Manning, Frederick Norton (Norton)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Manning, Frederick Norton (Norton) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The causation and prevention of insanity. Manning, F.N. The causation and prevention of insanity. 1880 Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 14 340-55 Thesis: A history of general hospital psychiatry in New South Wales White, Richard Trathen A history of general hospital psychiatry in New South Wales University of Sydney 2022 Journal Article: Causation of insanity in nineteenth century Australia Edwards, G. A. Causation of insanity in nineteenth century Australia 1982 Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry 16 1 53-62 Journal Article: Frederick Norton Manning (1839 - 1903) McDonald, D. I. Frederick Norton Manning (1839 - 1903) 1972 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 58 3 190-201 Resource: Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate Sydney Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney 2024