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Following in his grandfather’s footsteps

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In 1922 Dr. Bill Hoopmann was an early local GP who saw the need to start his very own Nuriootpa Medical Practice. With little facilities around at the time, he initially utilised the Vine Inn Barossa Community Hotel, Nuriootpa for consultations.

His grandson, Dr. Michael Hoopmann, who came to Nuriootpa on February 13, 1984, said, there would not have been a lot of privacy at the time as grandfat...


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