William Redfern, surgeon, sailor, mutineer, prisoner and pioneer.
From his birth in approximately 1775 to joining the Royal Navy as a
ship's surgeon, it seemed William Redfern was destined for a life
of relative wealth and status, but all that changed in 1797, when
he was swept up in the infamous Nore Mutiny. At odds with his
fellow officers, Redfern was court-martialled for his actions and
sentenced to be hanged. Due to his profession, the sentence was
commuted to transportation for life and on arrival in New South
Wales, his exceptional surgical skills quickly saw him granted a
full pardon. He was soon central to the new colony's medical
services, was appointed personal surgeon to the Governor and
Assistant Surgeon of the Colonial Medical Services, but despite
becoming a wealthy landowner in his own right, he would forever
carry the `convict's stain' in the eyes of certain members of the
British Colonial establishment. Mostly remembered for the Sydney
suburb that bears his name, this outstanding new biography, in two
volumes, breathes fresh life into the story of William Redfern and
follows the rise and fall and subsequent rise again of one of
Australia's most influential early settlers. A pioneer of
immunisation techniques and an advocate for the role of hygiene and
nutrition he truly was one of the first to understand that
prevention was better than cure. William Redfern, surgeon, sailor,
mutineer, prisoner and pioneer. From his birth in approximately
1775 to joining the Royal Navy as a ship's surgeon, it seemed
William Redfern was destined for a life of relative wealth and
status, but all that changed in 1797, when he was swept up in the
infamous Nore Mutiny. At odds with his fellow officers, Redfern was
court-martialled for his actions and sentenced to be hanged. Due to
his profession, the sentence was commuted to transportation for
life and on arrival in New South Wales, his exceptional surgical
skills quickly saw him granted a full pardon. He was soon central
to the new colony's medical services, was appointed personal
surgeon to the Governor and Assistant Surgeon of the Colonial
Medical Services, but despite becoming a wealthy landowner in his
own right, he would forever carry the `convict's stain' in the eyes
of certain members of the British Colonial establishment. Mostly
remembered for the Sydney suburb that bears his name, this
outstanding new biography, in two volumes, breathes fresh life into
the story of William Redfern and follows the rise and fall and
subsequent rise again of one of Australia's most influential early
settlers. A pioneer of immunisation techniques and an advocate for
the role of hygiene and nutrition he truly was one of the first to
understand that prevention was better than cure.
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