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Skilled in using stethoscopes as well as telescopes, but singing, dancing, and playing the piano make him a superhero doctor.

"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.

From: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/country-doctor-and-exploding-star

Died of influenza in 1919.

historicalaustraliantowns.blogspot.com/2019/11/irvinebank... " Dr. William Evan McFarlane built an observatory with a rotating dome, at his house at Ivirnbank, installing a 7-inch refracting telescope".

The names of the traditional instruments are: Erhu( left) and Yueqin( middle).