Macartney

  • Full Name:
    The Very Reverend Hussey Burgh Macartney
  • Role:
    Supporter
  • Occupation/s:
    Anglican Dean of Melbourne
  • State:
    Victoria
  • Date first identified using homoeopathy in Australia:
    1848

(Material researched & presented by Barbara Armstrong)

 

MacartneyBust-s

Bust of The Very Reverend Hussey Burgh Macartney

State Library of Victoria

(By Percival Ball 1888)

 

Arrived in Melbourne in 1848, with Bishop Perry. He was one of the lay members of the group of influential people who met in 1869 to discuss the opening of the first homœopathic dispensary in Melbourne. He was appointed to the Committee.

 

See also the reference to Hussey Burgh Macartney in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

 

 

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  • Created:
    Tuesday, 22 March 2011
  • Last modified:
    Monday, 15 December 2014