Upcoming exhibition: Djeembana Whakaora

Upcoming exhibition: Djeembana Whakaora

On 26 April 2021, we met with curators, Kat Clarke and Paris Norton, to discuss the museum’s upcoming exhibition Djeembana Whakaora: First Nations medicine, health and healing. We got to chat about their philosophies for developing the exhibition, as well as some...
2021 History of Medicine Talk Series

2021 History of Medicine Talk Series

During April, as part of the Australian Heritage Festival, we’re running a small series of online talks. Come join us for some interesting discussions. They Didn’t Feel a Thing: Chloroform and Serial Killers Join us as we talk to Rebecca Lush, the curator of the...
Anaesthesia training in Papua New Guinea

Anaesthesia training in Papua New Guinea

Associate Professor Terry Loughnan is an ANZCA fellow with a particular interest in the history of anaesthesia training in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He is also the 2019 recipient of the ANZCA History and Heritage Grant. He had planned to conduct a series of oral history...