Charles Duguid Charles Duguid i(A147059 works by)
Born: Established: 6 Apr 1884
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 15 Dec 1986 Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1911
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BiographyHistory

Charles Duguid was educated at Glasgow High School and the University of Glasgow. After graduating in medicine, and practicing in Glasgow, he first travelled to Australia as a ship's medical officer in 1911 and migrated the following year to marry an Australian. After the death of Duguid's first wife, he married another Australian.

A visit to the Northern Territory in 1934 prompted a long and sympathetic engagement with the Pitjantjatjara people and the Ernabella community. Duguid worte of his experiences in No Dying Race (1963) and an autobiography, Doctor and the Aborigines (1972).

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Notes

  • See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Charles Duguid.
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