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Fishbourne, John William Yorke (1843 - 1911)
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Physician and Psychiatrist
Born: December 1843  Wicklow, Ireland.  Died: 26 September 1911  Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
John William Y. Fishbourne worked in asylums in Ararat and Kew, as well as private practice. He was the founder of the Talbot Colony (later known as the Royal Talbot Centre). Established St Aidan's, a school for mentally handicapped children.
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1863Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
1864Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the Trinity College, Dublin
1865Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at Trinity College in Dublin
1872 - 1877Resident Medical Officer in asylum in Ararat, Victoria
1877 - 1882Deputy Medical Superintendent in asylum, Kew
1882 - 1886Private medical practice in Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
1885Witness to Zox Royal Commission on Asylums for the Insane and Inebriate
1886 - 1893Health Officer for Essendon, Victoria
1893Turned his Moonee Ponds home St Aiden’s into a school for mentally disabled children
1906Founder of the Talbot Colony for Epileptics, now the Royal Talbot Centre

 
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