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Dr W. E. McFarlane, medical doctor and astronomer from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Irvinebank Observatory ca. 1910 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
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Dr W. E. McFarlane, medical doctor and astronomer
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Skilled in using stethoscopes as well as telescopes, but singing, dancing, and playing the piano make him a superhero doctor.
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Vesna Verencevic said:
"The town's doctor was of vital importance for his medical work but Dr McFarlane had other talents as well. The newspapers of the time record him playing the organ for a Masonic function and appearing in a local variety show singing comic songs and accompanying himself on the piano. He built a small roller-skating rink under his house for the use of the local children and was also a keen amateur astronomer. In 1910 he purchased a fine 7 inch refracting telescope and built an observatory with rotating dome to house it behind his house on Hospital Hill.
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Vesna Verencevic said:
From: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/country-doctor-and-exploding-star
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Annette Cadell said:
Died of influenza in 1919.