Boothby

  • Full Name:
    Mrs Maria Boothby
  • Role:
    Lay prescriber
  • Occupation/s:
    Wife of Judge Benjamin Boothby
  • State:
    South Australia
  • Date first identified using homoeopathy in Australia:
    1853
 
Judge Benjamin Boothby and his wife, Maria and their children  arrived in South Australia in 1853. Benjamin Boothby was the second judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of South Australia. Maria and Benjamin had twelve children.

 

According to the History of South Australia, and the chronological summary of events which is contained in it, Maria died in June 1889, aged 82. Her obituary stated that she was “one of the first in the colony to practise homœopathy in her own household, and render important service to her neighbours in her philanthropic labours”.

 

© Barbara Armstrong

 

  • Created:
    Monday, 21 March 2011
  • Last modified:
    Sunday, 10 August 2014