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Robert Dick, around 1888 / Ryan & Thompson (photographers)
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Title:
Robert Dick, around 1892 / Ryan & Thompson (photographers)
Creator:
Ryan & Thompson, photographers.
Date:
[c1892]
Format:
1 cabinet photograph : albumen print ; 16.5 x 10.5 cm.
Inscription:
Studio name below image: Ryan & Thompson / 506 George Street / Sydney. Identified in pencil as: "Dr Robert Dick [Bert]".
Subject:
portraits
Dick, Robert, 1869-1943.
Series:
June Wallace papers
Description:
Robert Dick, physician, was born in 1869 at Windsor, New South Wales. He was educated at Windsor public school and the Cooerwell Academy, Bowenfels, and at the universities of Sydney, London and Cambridge. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. From 1924-1934 he held the position of Directior-General of Public Health for New South Wales. [ref: Sydney Morning Herald 5.6.1924 p.31]
While a student at St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, Robert and his brother James became friends with James Thomas (Tom) Thorburn and in the 1890s they were regular visitors to Meroogal, the McKenzie/Thornburn family home in Nowra. Robert, known as Bert, was a lifelong friend of Tom Thorburn's youngest sister Kennina (Tottie) Thorburn.
Provenance:
Estate of June Wallace (1917-2010)
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; June Wallace papers: JMW/34
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
41241
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