(Material researched & presented by Barbara Armstrong)

The first advertisement mentioning Charles Cook's Homœopathic Dispensary appeared in the Mount Alexander Mail
in May 1876.  It was located in Mostyn Street, Castlemaine.  Advertisements continued there until at least May 1876. 

Around 1877 or 1878 the family moved to Bendigo in Victoria, where he advertised his business as a homœopathic chemist in the Bendigo Advertiser of 12 March 1878.

An advertisement of 21 December, 1878 stated:

Wanted all Inhabitants of Sandhurst to know that Homœopathy is the safest, cheapest, most certain, and pleasant science for the cure of all diseased, and that the Medicines and Books containing instructions how to use them can be obtained at C. Cook's Dispensary, High-street, opposite Loridan's Mill, where he can be consulted daily.

In November 1879 he advertised that the Homœopathic Dispensary was in High Street, "where Mr C. Cook, homœopathist, can be consulted daily for the cure of all diseases."

His advertisement of 8 November 1888 stated:

C. Cook wishes to thank his friends and the public for their patronage for the last 30 years, and would advise all who have not tried the Homœopathic System, as administered by him, to give it a trial, because, with almost unfailing success, he has cured thousands. Consults privately, or by letter, from 9am to 8pm daily.

The location of the pharmacy was stated as being at High Street, next to the Family Hotel, Sandhurst.

(Sandhurst was later re-named as Bendigo.)

Mr Cook was still in business in February 1900. He died on 25 May, 1903.

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