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David Wark (c. 1807 – 3 March 1862) was a medical practitioner and politician in the colony of South Australia. ==History== David Wark was a medical doctor, a member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and was licensed to teach anatomy and perform autopsies.〔 He emigrated to South Australia from Glasgow for a more congenial climate, arriving on the ''Welcome'' on 3 April 1839. He had settled in the Encounter Bay area and admired the local Aborigines, but was, as a medical practitioner, concerned with the fate of the females, who were succumbing to venereal diseases through interaction with European men. He was active in the Scottish community of Adelaide, a member of the St. Andrew's Society. In 1852 he was called on to give medical evidence at a Coroner's Inquest into the death of a child, whom her step-father, a Mr. Horgan, was accused of murdering. He was later lambasted by the Crown Prosecutor for not having conducted a ''post-mortem'' at the time. An altercation ensued, and Mann took his complaints to Judge Crawford, whose criticisms of Wark were published in the newspapers. Wark published a reasoned defence, nevertheless regretted he had not made a more thorough examination. In 1853 John Hart, M.L.C, about to embark on a visit to England, entrusted Wark with his resignation from the Chamber, to be tendered if needed in the interests of his electorate. Wark was accused, anonymously by a letter to the press, of colluding with Hart to give him (Wark) easy succession into Parliament. Wark denied such an imputation. He was in 1853 appointed a charter councillor for the East Torrens council district, and chairman in 1854. In July 1854 he was touted as a candidate for the forthcoming election to the Legislative Council, but in the event, he did not stand. Wark was elected unopposed to the South Australian House of Assembly for the seat of Murray and sat from February 1857, was re-elected unopposed in 1860 and died on 3 March 1862. The family lived at Alton House, perhaps earlier named Auldton,〔 Magill, since demolished, and for which Alton Street, Magill may have been named. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wark (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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