Dr George Bennett, MD. FRCS

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son of William Lang Bennett, organist, and Elizabeth Debell.

As surgeon-naturalist aboard the "Sophia", Bennett visited Australia in 1829-32 and published "Wanderings in New South Wales...Journal of a Naturalist" (London 1834). He was the first person to find a specimen of a living Pearly Nautilus. He is also known for his work on the Platypus, possibly the first to capture one alive.
He returned to Australia permanently in 1836 as a medical practioner and became associated with the Zoological Society and the Australian Museum (as curator).

He had two further marriages.

George married Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron on 28 Nov 1835 in St James Church, Sydney. Julia (daughter of Lt. Colonel Charles Cameron, 3rd Regt (Buffs) and Ludovina Rosa da Silva) was born in 1818; died on 13 Jun 1846 in Sydney; was buried in Devonshire St Cemetery (C of E), later moved to La Perouse (No 112). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Edward Owen Bennett was born on 14 Sep 1836; died on 27 Oct 1836.
2. Caroline Esther Bennett was born on 25 Dec 1838 in Sydney; died on 22 Mar 1840.
3. Amelia Gould Bennett was born on 9 Dec 1840 in Sydney; died on 30 Nov 1870; was buried in Hanwell Cem., London.
4. Luduvina Eliza de Bell Bennett was born on 16 Jul 1842 in Sydney.
5. George Frederick Bennett was born on 5 Mar 1844 in Sydney; died on 12 Mar 1919.
6. William Edmund Bennett was born on 7 Aug 1845 in Sydney.