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Thomas Braidwood Wilson
Australian surgeon and explorer (–)
Thomas Braidwood WilsonFRGS (bapt. 29 April – 11 November ) was an Australian surgeon and explorer.
Thomas braidwood wilson biography
He was baptised in Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of James, and Catherine Boak.[1]
Sea voyages
Wilson studied at Edinburgh University and became a Doctor of Medicine. He joined the Royal Navy in and made nine voyages to Australia as a surgeon-superintendent on convict ships.
The times were very dangerous and many of the sea voyages were eventful. In he travelled on the return journey of the Governor Ready to Australia when it was shipwrecked in the Torres Strait.
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Wilson and some of the crew rowed 1, kilometres (1,&#;mi) to Timor.[1]
Aboard the ship, John, Wilson returned in to Hobart Town with a hive of bees, that had survived the trip to Australia, and many European plants.
The bees were considered to be the first European bees brought to Tasmania. Wilson was presented with