William Bland

William Bland was a prominent public figure in the colony of New South Wales. A surgeon by profession, he arrived in Australia as a convict but played an important role in the early years of Australian healthcare, education and science.

5 November 1789

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Born in the same month (November 1789): Alfred Kelley