47-627: Meadowbank can refer to: Australia [ edit ] Meadowbank, New South Wales Canada [ edit ] Meadowbank, Prince Edward Island , a community in Prince Edward Island Meadowbank Aerodrome , Nunavut Meadowbank Gold Mine , Nunavut England [ edit ] Meadowbank, Cheshire , a location in North West England New Zealand [ edit ] Meadowbank, New Zealand ,
94-525: A box girder bridge along the Main North railway line , was opened in May 1980, replacing the ageing historic lattice bridge, nowadays used as a cycleway. Meadowbank has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Meadowbank is a mixed commercial-residential area. Meadowbank features a small group of shops on either side of Meadowbank railway station and a shopping centre within the residential apartment complex to
141-509: A consortium to privately charter a ship for trade with India . In January 1800 the vessel arrived from Calcutta laden with sugar, tea, cloth and rum. Governor Hunter permitted the vessel to land, although the British government had issued clear instructions to stop the trading the military. Shortly after Governor King took office in September 1800, he appointed Balmain to the post of Naval Officer to
188-519: A convict had died from 'want of sustenance'. When White was absent from the settlement, Balmain found himself in charge of the makeshift hospital, stocked with only rudimentary supplies, and assisted by untrained convict personnel. The arrival of the Second Fleet in mid-1790 threw up new challenges for Balmain and the other surgeons. The treatment of the convicts had been so harsh that they were confronted with large numbers of sick and dying people, and
235-583: A convict in 1791. Vineyard terraces were located on the upper slopes. Former Ryde Wharf and punt located in Shepherds Bay Park. Remnants of wharf walling visible at low tide. The Ryde to Rhodes punt operated between 1898 and 1935. Passengers included employees of the State Timber yards at Rhodes and cattle. The punt was unreliable; "the cable continually gave way and cargoes of cattle went sailing downstream". Ryde Council investigated potential sites for
282-476: A duel with pistols in which Balmain received a small flesh wound in the right thigh. Ralph Clark commented "it would not have rested there had the governor not taken the matter in hand and convinced the two sons of Aescalipius that it was much better to draw blood with the point of their lance from the arm of their patients than to do it with pistol balls from each other." The early settlement suffered from severe lack of food. In December 1788 Balmain recorded that
329-482: A flour mill. In February 1796, soldiers and officers destroyed Baughan's house and threatened his life and, when Balmain promised protection to Baughan and urged him to give evidence against the soldiers, the Corps expressed indignation at what they regarded as his "shamefully malevolent interference in the affairs of the Corps. The affair became a test of strength between the colony's civil authority, represented by Balmain, and
376-505: A prevalent convict illness at Portsmouth . He sailed as surgeon on the convict ship Alexander . On the voyage Balmain delivered the Fleet's first child. On arrival at Port Jackson , Sydney Harbour, the surgeons had the difficult task of attending to the sick in tents while supervising the construction of emergency timber hospital huts. By August 1788 tensions between Balmain and the principal surgeon, John White, became so great that they fought
423-453: A proclamation fixing the prices for labour and goods, and declaring that monies gained by duties levied on the sale of spirits were to be spent on the establishment of schools. Through his clemency and sensitivity as a magistrate he helped to quell a riot between soldiers and convicts following a brawl outside the playhouse in November 1794. When John White returned to England on leave, Balmain
470-571: A small private income from 1799 to 1801 as Sydney agent for a London-based company in connection with a trading ship, receiving a small percentage of the firm's profits. On the personal level, Balmain and Dawson continued to cohabit. Daughter Ann's death in September 1797 was a tragedy, but was offset by the births of Jane in March 1797 and John William in August 1800. Jane was sent back to England in October 1800, in
517-574: A suburb of Auckland Scotland [ edit ] Meadowbank, Edinburgh Meadowbank Stadium , Edinburgh Old Meadowbank , a now-demolished stadium in Edinburgh New Meadowbank , a now-demolished stadium in Edinburgh Meadowbank Thistle F.C. , a Scottish football club that existed from 1974 to 1995 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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#1732855068302564-437: A volunteer company formed to counteract the threat of convict insurgence. He also established and completed a citizens' subscription to build a new Sydney gaol, making a personal contribution of £214.13.0 to the fund. But there was another, more mercenary side to Balmain, leading Governor King's wife to refer to his "duplicity". He was one of a number of prominent citizens, including his former adversary John Macarthur, who formed
611-680: Is Jerome Laxale and the current State member for Ryde is Jordan Lane . The Mayor of the local Ryde City Council is Sarkis Yedelian. The table contains first-preference votes for each candidate at a state and federal level with the Meadowbank polling place results for each column. Two party preferred results are also shown in brackets for the federal election. 33°49′01″S 151°05′00″E / 33.81692°S 151.08333°E / -33.81692; 151.08333 William Balmain William Balmain (2 February 1762 – 17 November 1803)
658-630: Is a suburb of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia, 15 kilometres north west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Ryde and part of the Northern Sydney region. Meadowbank sits in a valley on the northern bank of the Parramatta River . The territory from Sydney Cove to Parramatta , on the northern side of the Parramatta River , was thought to be that of
705-573: Is known of his early life but in 1779 he was enrolled as a medical student at Edinburgh University . Next year he entered the Royal Navy to train as a Surgeon's Mate. From November 1784 he served on Nautilus during a survey of the Das Voltas region of South West Africa ( Namibia ) which the British government was considering as a possible destination for the convicts then overcrowding British prisons and hulks. On 21 October 1786 Balmain applied to join
752-414: Is not known, but they formed a de facto relationship that resulted in the birth of a daughter named Ann, on Norfolk Island in May 1794. On 22 Oct 1793 Balmain was one of the signatories of the proceedings of the first Settlers Meeting held on the island. In January 1794 the commandant of Norfolk Island, Philip Gidley King appointed Balmain as a Civil Magistrate to Norfolk Island. In this role he signed
799-561: Is within walking distance of Meadowbank ferry wharf served by Sydney to Parramatta ferries. Meadowbank has a ferry wharf on the Parramatta River as part of the Sydney Ferries network. The next wharf west is Sydney Olympic Park and east is Kissing Point . The ferry primarily services tourists on weekends and city workers during the week. Meadowbank features great public access to Parramatta River and surrounding parklands. In
846-490: The Concord shore. Meadowbank Manufacturing Company Works was the first industry in Meadowbank, established on 95 acres of land in 1890, with frontage to the Parramatta River and easy access to the railway producing agricultural equipment for the local area and throughout the country. The existing seawall is made from the remnants of the original sandstone. Shepherds Bay is named after early settler James Shepherd, transported as
893-835: The 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of Meadowbank was 5,089 people. The population was 49.2% male, 50.8% female. 37.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 11.7%, South Korea 7.8%, India 6.1%, Philippines 3.7% and Hong Kong 2.8%. 38.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 13.2%, Korean 9.4%, Cantonese 6.4%, Hindi 2.3% and Nepali 2.2%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.9%, Catholic 17.0%, Hinduism 8.1, 5.2% of residents did not state their religion, and 5.1% of residents followed Buddhism. 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Meadowbank were flats or apartments. The Federal member for Bennelong
940-540: The Dharug speaking area. Land originally granted to Surgeon William Balmain in 1794, in the district of the Field of Mars , was bestowed the name 'Meadow Bank'. Balmain returned to England in 1801, leaving his estates to be managed by fellow surgeon D'Arcy Wentworth . Wentworth agreed to sell Balmain's grants to John Bennett, an ex-convict who had been transported in 1795. By 1819 both the 'Meadow Bank Estate' and 'Chatham Farm' to
987-571: The Ryde Baths in 1877 and the desirability of having public baths. Ten years later, when a man was killed whilst bathing at Ryde Wharf, the issue was raised again. In 1904, a site was chosen at the bottom of Waterview Road. The Ryde Swimming Baths were opened in 1905. Mixed bathing was not permitted. Ryde Bridge took two years to build, and opened in 1935. A series of tolls were applied and were ceased to be collected in 1949. State Timber Yards were opposite on Rhodes Peninsula. The John Whitton Bridge ,
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#17328550683021034-729: The Wallumattagal, and had the aboriginal name Wallumetta, the territory of the Wallumede people. Aboriginal people in the Sydney district were clans of larger groups sharing a common language. Three language groups have been identified in the Sydney Region – the Kuringgai (or Guringai), the Dharug (or Dharruk / Dharuk / Darug), and the Dharawal (or Tharawal). The Wallumedegal are thought to have been within
1081-478: The care of the returning Governor Hunter. Due to his continued declining health, Balmain again requested leave and this was agreed to by Governor King , on condition that he return on completion of his leave. On 26 August 1801 Balmain, Margaret Dawson, and John William sailed from Sydney on board the whaler Albion . Balmain and family arrived in London on 25 March 1802. He soon met with Sir Joseph Banks , describing
1128-459: The colony, including selling his remaining rum stocks, taking over his private agency, and acting as attorney on his investments. In August 1802 Balmain visited his mother in Scotland. In December 1802 his leave was terminated and he was instructed to return to Sydney, but objected on the grounds of unsettled private affairs and family engagements. He sought to retire from the service but his request
1175-565: The colony, which included the office of Registrar of Export and Imports which could be used to advantage in covert trading activities. Balmain may have been holding this position unofficially under Hunter, hence Macarthur's interest in including him in the consortium. When Governor King ordered all trading in spirits to cease, Balmain was left with 1400 gallons of rum which he was unable to sell. King allowed him to sell it privately, at substantial profit, as it had been purchased before King's arrival. This gave Balmain some financial security, but ended
1222-459: The consortium's lucrative venture. Over the years Balmain received a number of grants of land which, together with other land purchased and leased, provided him with over 1500 acres (6 km ). On 26 April 1800, he received a land grant of 550 acres on the west side of Cockle Bay . This 550 acre (2 km ) grant, known as Gilchrist Place , was located on the peninsula which is now the suburbs of Balmain and Rozelle . Balmain also received
1269-406: The death rate rose alarmingly over a two-month period. In September 1790 Governor Arthur Phillip was speared in the shoulder by an Aboriginal man named Willemering at the place he named Manly . Balmain skillfully removed the broken spear which was protruding through the shoulder and dressed the wound. Henry Waterhouse described the operation: "We got up within two hours to Sydney Cove , when
1316-457: The group of officers to establish the new colony in New South Wales and was appointed third assistant surgeon to the principal surgeon, John White . Eleven ships, including six transports, carried 772 convicts, officers, marines, crews, and some wives and children, travelled more than 10,000 miles (16,000 km) to reach the unknown shore. Before the fleet sailed, Balmain correctly diagnosed
1363-421: The growth of New South Wales, and submitting a paper presenting his views on the customs and laws of the colony. Another paper, entitled "Government of New South Wales" is also thought to be his work. Nothing came of these contributions, but they show Balmain as a thoughtful critic of the colony's institutions. Balmain had left D'Arcy Wentworth , whom he had first met on Norfolk Island, in charge of his affairs in
1410-473: The military, represented by Captain John Macarthur . In the end, the matter was dropped (following Balmain's withdrawal of his challenge to a duel), and Balmain received a small salary increase. The New South Wales Corps remained a thorn in the side of Governors and the civil authorities for the next 15 years. Although two other magistrates were appointed, their ill-health meant that Balmain shouldered most of
1457-470: The north, belonged to Bennett. In 1823 he was joined by his nephew William Bennett. John Bennett died in July 1829, a bachelor, and his nephew inherited his estate, building Meadowbank House around 1835. William then sold 'Chatham Farm' to Major Edward Darvall in 1855. William Bennett died in 1865 but his widow remained at Meadowbank until her death in 1879. The estate was subdivided in the late 1880s, given impetus by
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1504-426: The only First Fleet surgeons to have physical localities named after them. As a surgeon Balmain worked tirelessly under conditions of extreme hardship and deprivation. As an administrator he showed courage and fairness, though not always sound judgement in the face of opposition, and his trading ventures tarnished his reputation. As a family man, he was devoted to his partner and children, and provided well for them. In
1551-593: The opening of the Main Northern railway line from Strathfield to Hornsby in 1886. Meadowbank station opened as Hellenic, later being renamed Meadowbank, after the Meadowbank Estate. Meadowbank Public Baths established in 1895 was a former recreation destination but were closed in 1943 due to pollution from Homebush Bay. Shepherds Bay Row Boat ferry services were established as early as 1794 from Schooner Wharf (Belmore Road, near Helene Park) taking passengers to
1598-722: The post of Surgeon to the Norfolk Island Colony. Balmain arrived at Norfolk Island in November 1791. On the same ship was a young convict girl Margaret Dawson . She had been a servant in London and sentenced to seven years' transportation in February 1786 for stealing from her employer. At fifteen years of age, she was one of the youngest convicts on the First Fleet, sailing on the Lady Penrhyn . How well Balmain had known her in Sydney
1645-551: The responsibility, as well as his medical duties. This began to affect his own health, and in July 1800 he requested to return to England. As Hunter was finding his services indispensable, the request was refused. Among other civic duties, Balmain was a member of the Orphan House Committee in September 1800, set up to supervise orphanages in Sydney and Parramatta . He was Captain of the Sydney Loyal Association,
1692-480: The south, along Bay Drive. Meadowbank has waterfront high-rise apartments with views of the Parramatta River , and cafés and restaurants along the water's edge. Meadowbank TAFE is situated on the east side of the station. It is one of the largest TAFE NSW colleges in Sydney, at approximately 15 thousand square metres. Meadowbank is easily accessible by Road, Ferry, Bus and Train. Meadowbank experiences limited traffic as major roads circle rather than run through
1739-450: The suburb. Lane Cove Road to the east, Victoria Road to the north and Adelaide Street to the West. Other central roads include Constitution Road, Meadow Crescent and Bank Street. Meadowbank railway station is on the Main Northern railway line . Meadowbank has two side platforms. The station is served by four trains per hour each way, with additional trains on weekday peak hours. The station
1786-423: The surgeons were immediately sent for and Mr Balmain attended with his instruments. On his examining the wound, the governor desired him candidly to tell him how many hours he had to settle his affairs ... but Mr Balmain made us all happy by confidently assuring the governor he did not apprehend any fatal consequences from the wound. The spear was then extracted." Phillip expressed his appreciation by appointing him to
1833-539: The task of caring for the health of the entire population arduous and frustrating. He petitioned the new Governor, John Hunter for assistance and an increase in salary but was rewarded only by appointment as Civil Magistrate in New South Wales. One of his first tasks was to sit on the court of enquiry in May 1797 into the treatment of convicts on the Britannia . He made recommendations for better medical treatment on board
1880-517: The title Meadowbank . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meadowbank&oldid=1103471541 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Meadowbank, New South Wales Meadowbank
1927-469: The transports, but these were not adopted. Governor Hunter described him as "an active and spirited magistrate". In his role as magistrate he had the challenging task of maintaining an uneasy peace between the often arrogant soldiers of the New South Wales Corps and the settlers, both free and emancipist (ex-convicts). This resulted in the affair of John Baughan , a settler who had tried to set up
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1974-591: Was a Scottish-born naval surgeon and civil administrator who sailed as an assistant surgeon with the First Fleet to establish the first European settlement in Australia , and later to take up the appointment of the principal surgeon, for New South Wales. Balmain was born at Balhepburn in the Parish of Rhynd , Perthshire , Scotland , to Alexander Balmain (b. 1714), tenant farmer, and his second wife, Jane Henderson. Little
2021-419: Was born on the same day at Liverpool , to which Margaret and the two children had been sent earlier that year, but it is unlikely that she survived childhood. In his will Balmain provided a yearly sum of £50 for "my dear friend Margaret Dawson, otherwise Henderson … whose tenderness to me, while in ill health, claims my warmest gratitude". He also provided an annuity for his mother, and the balance of his estate
2068-416: Was dying from liver disease . On 17 November Balmain died at Bloomsbury , London, and was buried in the churchyard of St Giles-in-the-Fields , on 25 November. The site of the grave is no longer marked; however a plaque to Balmain can be found inside the church. His old foe and trading partner John Macarthur attended the funeral, as did Henry Ball, commander of the First Fleet vessel HMS Supply . A daughter
2115-453: Was recalled to Sydney as acting Principal Surgeon. He and his family left Norfolk Island in August 1795. Much of the stock they left behind was destroyed in a gale the next month. In May 1797, following White's resignation, Balmain was appointed Principal Surgeon of the Colony. By this time there were 1600 settlers and several thousand convicts, but Balmain had only one assistant surgeon and found
2162-502: Was refused. By August 1803 the instruction to return to Sydney was withdrawn, and he was appointed as Surgeon to the Forces, at the military hospital at Dunmow , Essex. ( Thomas Jamison , a former colleague of Balmain's on the First Fleet and on Norfolk Island, replaced him as Principal Surgeon of New South Wales.) It is unlikely that Balmain took up his new position in Essex as by November 1803 he
2209-426: Was to be held in trust for his natural children by Margaret. It is likely that the name 'Henderson' - Balmain's mother's maiden name - was adopted by Margaret and the children to avoid any social disgrace in class conscious England as a result of Margaret's former convict status and Balmain's position as a respected medical officer and administrator. Balmain and Thomas Jamison (see Jamisontown , New South Wales) were
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