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Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp WWII – Northwest Borneo

Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp WWII – Northwest Borneo

by Curator | Jul 4, 2019 | ANZAC, Australian Defence Force, War | 0 comments

Dr Colin Chilvers is a Tasmanian anaesthetist, and was co-convenor for the 2019 ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Kuala Lumpur. After the meeting, he took a well earned break and travelled to Sandakan in Northwest Borneo, where he visited the site of the former...
Seeking “TEVH”

Seeking “TEVH”

by Curator | Nov 14, 2016 | About the museum, ANZAC, Australian Defence Force, Research, Royal College of Surgeons (London), University of Melbourne, War | 0 comments

Amber Evangelista worked as a volunteer at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History to undertake a significance statement on a Probyn Williams inhaler. Amber is currently acting Public Programs Curator at the Victoria Police Museum in Melbourne. Amongst the...
Trailblazers & Peacekeepers – An award winning exhibition

Trailblazers & Peacekeepers – An award winning exhibition

by Curator | Nov 11, 2016 | About the museum, ANZAC, Australian Defence Force, Disaster relief, Exhibitions, New Zealand, Peacekeeping, War | 0 comments

A year into the Great War, Allied eyes were drawn to the Straits of the Dardanelles; a narrow strip of water effectively separating Europe from Asia Minor. Securing the Dardanelles would open up Turkey as a reliable supply route and “…serve to secure Egypt, to induce...

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