Thomas Embling

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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Thomas Embling - Death and Commemoration
... Thomas Embling died of "Senile Debility" on 17 January 1893 survived by his wife and four children ... In April 2000 'Thomas Embling Hospital' was opened ... Built adjacent to the site of the original Yarra Bend Asylum, Thomas Embling Hospital is operated by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health and is a secure hospital for patients from the ...

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