DR WILLIAM (BILL) MARTIN
Told by Esther Martin 2016
00.00 Intro – Esther Martin
00.08 Family and early life
00.45 To Melbourne, worked then trained as a teacher
02.20 Returned to Glasgow, completed veterinary studies
03.00 Early practice, marriage, children
05.05 Migration to Australia
06.10 Moved to Drouin, sponsored by Drouin Butter Factory
06.55 Description of Drouin at the time
07.31 Love of animals, early practice
08.58 Educating farmers
10.52 Other practitioners in the area, ‘quacks’
11.30 Set up own practice at a time when small animal practice was not common in rural areas
15.28 Involvement in the community
16.50 Elected to Council
19.55 Pets
21.24 Political beliefs
21.43 Official vet for Drouin, Moe races and greyhounds
22.11 Later life

Dr Martin and Bill Kraft

Dr & Mrs Martin and their Pekinese dogs

Dr & Mrs Martin on a cruise

Esther Martin 2016