Thomas Embling (26 August 1814 – 17 January 1893) was a doctor from the United Kingdom who took an interest in the humane treatment of inmates in asylums before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia where he set about reforming the Yarra Bend Asylum. Later on Thomas Embling took up the cause of the gold miners in Eureka and had a successful career in the early parliament of Victoria.
Read more about Thomas Embling: Early Life, Yarra Bend Asylum, Politician, Zoological Society and The Acclimatisation of Animals, Death and Commemoration
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