Dr Richard (Charles) O'Keefe arrived in Australia on the Hastings, 17 March 1855 with his wife and family. Six and a half months later, he registered in the Medical Register of Vitoria 1 October 1855 (number 415), as a British graduate of Dublin University and a Licentiate of the Dublin Society of Apothecaries, conferred 27 April 1849. In 1856, he was on the electoral roll in the district of Evelyn as a surgeon and resident of Eltham. By the end of May 1858 he was living in Gunning NSW. Contents Email: Brett Lowe to Eltham District Historical Society, 1 December 2013, seeking information about the two years Dr O'Keefe was in Eltham.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcrichard (charles) o'keefe, eltham doctors, dublin society of apothecaries, dublin university