Isaac Scott Nind (1797–1868) was an early colonial doctor, artist and pharmacist. He qualified LAC (Licentiate of the Apothecaries Company) in London on 13 July 1820.
[ He arrived in ]New South Wales
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in 1826. Within three weeks of his arrival he was appointed an Assistant Colonial Surgeon and sailed with the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
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under Major Edmund Lockyer
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Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was the son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army career as an ensign in ...
on the Amity to establish a convict-supported military garrison at King George Sound
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on Australia's south-west coast.
While there he compiled a Nyoongar
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Suffering from depression, he returned to Sydney in 1829, and then to London. He returned to New South Wales in February 1833 and settled in Paterson Paterson may refer to:
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* Paterson River, New South Wales
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, where he practiced as a surgeon. He was appointed a Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1837.Isaac Scott Nind
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He married Maria Anne Johnston and had five daughters.[Australian Medical Pioneer Index]
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People from Perth, Western Australia
1797 births
1868 deaths
Colony of New South Wales people
Colonial Surgeons