The CALHN Health Museum is collecting and digitising biographies and histories of South Australians who have made important contributions to the advancement of health.
This includes former staff of the Royal Adelaide Hospital and other institutions. Many of these notable South Australians worked in the fields of nursing, medicine, theatre, dentistry, and administration. This collection of biographies and histories demonstrates the knowledge, skill, and influence of those who made these contributions.
Image: RAH Nurses Wave to the Queen from the Nurses Home Balcony, 1954.
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Articles
Biographies
Buildings
Foundation Day Addresses
Hospital Department
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4th Military District of the Australian Medical Corps
Adelaide Children’s Hospital
Adelaide City Council
Adelaide Hospital
Anti-Cancer Campaign
Australian College of Physiotherapists
Australian Imperial Forces
Australian Physiotherapy Association
Basil Hetzel Institute of Medical Science
Burra Hospital
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
College of Nursing
Dental Hospital
Federal Health Council
Flinders Medical Centre
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre
History Trust of South Australia
Infectious Diseases Hospital
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
International Federation of Red Cross
Joanna Briggs Institue
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Julia Farr Centre
Melbourne Children’s Hospital
Methodist Ladies College
Modbury Hospital
Morris Hospital
National Council of Women
North Terrace Lunatic Asylum
Physiotherapists' Board of South Australia
Queen Victoria Hospital
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Royal Adelaide Hospital Nurse's Association
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal Society of South Australia
South Australian Dental Service
South Australian Museum
St Andrews Hospital
The Memorial Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The South Australian Institute of Technology
TQEH Revue Society
Trinity College, Melborune
University of Adelaide
Wakefield Street Private Hospital
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Burra
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Port Adelaide
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South Africa
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United States
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Woodville
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Administration
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Colonial Surgeon
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General Practice
Gynaecology
Haematology
Hygiene and Bacteriology
Hyperbaric Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Intensive Care
Medical Library
Mental Health
Midwifery
Nursing
Oncology
Orthopaedics
Pathology
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Radiotherapy
Rehabilitation
Renal
Reseach
Social Work
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