BEDINGFIELD, Doctor Thomas Forrester

(1818-)

Thomas arrived on 20/08/1842 on the Simon Taylor. On 08/11/1843, Thomas married Elizabeth Boys in Perth. Elizabeth was the daughter of William from England. She came on 26/10/1843 on the Shepherd. Their children were Mary Rose (1844-), Elizabeth (1846-), Bernard F. (1848-), Catherine Delitia (1852-), Thomas W, Gordon P and Phillipa F. Thomas moved to Australind as a small farmer and then bought Bunbury Town Lots in the 1850s. He worked as a medical officer in 1853. He travelled to London on 03/03/1853 and returned with his family on 27/12/1859 on the Crystal Palace. Thomas was a chemist at Fremantle in 1863, bought Pinjarra Town lots in the 1860s and farmed at "Ditchingham" on the Brunswick River. Later he was a medical officer for Murray district in 1867 and a member of Pinjarra Board of Education and Volunteers in the 1870s. He was a Justice of Peace in 1875. He employed four ticket of leave men on occasions between 1864 and 1867. He held mining leases at Champion Bay in 1867. He retired to Victoria in ill health in 1876.


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