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St Mary's Church, Norton Subcourse, Norfolk, UK
Annegret Hall
St Mary's Church, Norton Subcourse, Norfolk, UK
Early Australian History
IMAGES RELATED TO WILLIAM REDFERN'S LIFE
Surgical Instruments in 1810
Instruments used by British army surgeons in 1810. William Redfern would have used similar equipment. (WL: zava88mp)
Nore mutiny in 1797
Etching of seamen of a Royal Navy warship protesting about their food rations and pay prior to the Nore mutiny.
Nore mutiny in 1797
Etching of sailors protesting on the yard arm of a Royal Navy warship during the 1797 Nore mutiny.
Coldbath Fields Prison
1798 etching of Coldbath Fields Prison located in Clerkenwell London with St Paul’s Cathedral viewed in the distance. (WL: 37714i)
Redfern's notebook
A page from William Redfern’s notebook written in 1797 while he was in solitary confinement in Coldbath Fields Prison. (SLNSW: MAV/FM3/709)
Prison hulk in Portsmouth
Prison hulk docked in Portsmouth harbour. In 1801 William Redfern was imprisoned on the hulk Captivity and served on the hospital hulk La Fortunée. (NLA: nla.obj-135934086)
Norfolk Island
View of Norfolk Island showing the main settlement areas and the freehold farm divisions. In 1802 William Redfern bought farmland (A) on the road to Queenborough.
1798 view of Sydney on Norfolk Island
The government house is surrounded by storehouses, administration and accommodation buildings. The row of convict huts along the shoreline lead to the hospital on the right. (NLA: nla.obj-135681919)
1804 painting of the Queenborough village on Norfolk Island
SLNSW: SV8/Norf I/2)
Earliest record of William Redfern as the ‘Officiating Surgeon’ at the Norfolk Island hospital.
The record lists the sick, death and birth between May and Aug 1802. (TNA: CO201/29)
Redfern’s notebook
Two excerpts from Redfern’s notebook showing a “sand clock alarm” and a remedy for chronic rheumatism. (SLNSW: MAV/FM3/709)
1803 view of Sydney looking east across the Cove .
The hospital is in the foreground. The building on the right is the 1790 prefabricated hospital. (SLNSW: XV1/1803/1)
1802 painting of Sydney Cove viewed from Dawes Point.
The principal surgeon’s cottage is to the far right and the assistant surgeon’s cottage and the hospital buildings are adjacent. The wharf was used to land hospital goods and convicts. Surgeons boarded convict ships from the small boathouse in the foreground. (SLNSW DX: DL Pf 121a)
1806 painting of Sydney looking east across the Cove.
The George Street hospital buildings are in the foreground. Government House is on the distant hill on the east bank of the Cove. (SLNSW DX: XV/201)
1808 painting of Sydney looking west across the Cove.
The three hospital buildings and the two surgeon houses are seen on the western waterfront. (SLNSW XV1/1808/9)
An 1811 architectural drawing of the new hospital.
An 1811 architectural drawing of the three wings of the new General Hospital on Macquarie Street Sydney. (TNA: CO 201/57)
1809 painting of St Philip’s Church.
Sarah and William were married in this church. (SLNSW ML: PXD 388)
1809 watercolour of Sydney Government House.
Redfern was Governor Macquarie’s physician and close friend, and he frequently dined with him. (SLNSW ML: PXD 388)
1818 watercolour of the new hospital looking west from Darlinghurst.
The Redferns lived in the left wing and D’Arcy Wentworth in the right wing. (SLNSW: SAFE/PXE 1072)
Sydney General Hospital on Macquarie Street.
1860s lithograph showing the three wings of the new Sydney General Hospital. (NLA: 2407 #S1997)
1829 engraving of Market Place on George Street.
Behind the buildings is the wharf where convicts and goods were unloaded. Redfern horse-whipped Robert Howe at his house in 1827 for defamation in The Sydney Gazette. (SLNSW: PXB 359/no. 3)
Moray Place in Edinburgh.
Moray Place in Edinburgh where William Redfern and his son lived in 1829.
University of Edinburgh.
Engraving of South Bridge Street in front of the University of Edinburgh where William Redfern began his medical studies in 1829. (WL: 17093i)
Surgical Instruments in 1810
Instruments used by British army surgeons in 1810. William Redfern would have used similar equipment. (WL: zava88mp)
Nore mutiny in 1797
Etching of seamen of a Royal Navy warship protesting about their food rations and pay prior to the Nore mutiny.
Nore mutiny in 1797
Etching of sailors protesting on the yard arm of a Royal Navy warship during the 1797 Nore mutiny.
Coldbath Fields Prison
1798 etching of Coldbath Fields Prison located in Clerkenwell London with St Paul’s Cathedral viewed in the distance. (WL: 37714i)
Redfern's notebook
A page from William Redfern’s notebook written in 1797 while he was in solitary confinement in Coldbath Fields Prison. (SLNSW: MAV/FM3/709)
Prison hulk in Portsmouth
Prison hulk docked in Portsmouth harbour. In 1801 William Redfern was imprisoned on the hulk Captivity and served on the hospital hulk La Fortunée. (NLA: nla.obj-135934086)
Norfolk Island
View of Norfolk Island showing the main settlement areas and the freehold farm divisions. In 1802 William Redfern bought farmland (A) on the road to Queenborough.
1798 view of Sydney on Norfolk Island
The government house is surrounded by storehouses, administration and accommodation buildings. The row of convict huts along the shoreline lead to the hospital on the right. (NLA: nla.obj-135681919)
1804 painting of the Queenborough village on Norfolk Island
SLNSW: SV8/Norf I/2)
Earliest record of William Redfern as the ‘Officiating Surgeon’ at the Norfolk Island hospital.
The record lists the sick, death and birth between May and Aug 1802. (TNA: CO201/29)
Redfern’s notebook
Two excerpts from Redfern’s notebook showing a “sand clock alarm” and a remedy for chronic rheumatism. (SLNSW: MAV/FM3/709)
1803 view of Sydney looking east across the Cove .
The hospital is in the foreground. The building on the right is the 1790 prefabricated hospital. (SLNSW: XV1/1803/1)
1802 painting of Sydney Cove viewed from Dawes Point.
The principal surgeon’s cottage is to the far right and the assistant surgeon’s cottage and the hospital buildings are adjacent. The wharf was used to land hospital goods and convicts. Surgeons boarded convict ships from the small boathouse in the foreground. (SLNSW DX: DL Pf 121a)
1806 painting of Sydney looking east across the Cove.
The George Street hospital buildings are in the foreground. Government House is on the distant hill on the east bank of the Cove. (SLNSW DX: XV/201)
1808 painting of Sydney looking west across the Cove.
The three hospital buildings and the two surgeon houses are seen on the western waterfront. (SLNSW XV1/1808/9)
An 1811 architectural drawing of the new hospital.
An 1811 architectural drawing of the three wings of the new General Hospital on Macquarie Street Sydney. (TNA: CO 201/57)
1809 painting of St Philip’s Church.
Sarah and William were married in this church. (SLNSW ML: PXD 388)
1809 watercolour of Sydney Government House.
Redfern was Governor Macquarie’s physician and close friend, and he frequently dined with him. (SLNSW ML: PXD 388)
1818 watercolour of the new hospital looking west from Darlinghurst.
The Redferns lived in the left wing and D’Arcy Wentworth in the right wing. (SLNSW: SAFE/PXE 1072)
Sydney General Hospital on Macquarie Street.
1860s lithograph showing the three wings of the new Sydney General Hospital. (NLA: 2407 #S1997)
1829 engraving of Market Place on George Street.
Behind the buildings is the wharf where convicts and goods were unloaded. Redfern horse-whipped Robert Howe at his house in 1827 for defamation in The Sydney Gazette. (SLNSW: PXB 359/no. 3)
Moray Place in Edinburgh.
Moray Place in Edinburgh where William Redfern and his son lived in 1829.
University of Edinburgh.
Engraving of South Bridge Street in front of the University of Edinburgh where William Redfern began his medical studies in 1829. (WL: 17093i)
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