A Foray into the Archives of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum
Zana Bell is Geoffrey Kaye Museum’s 2023 History and Heritage Grant winner. Zana has had six novels published internationally and has a particular interest in women’s history. Zana travelled from New Zealand to Melbourne in early March 2024 to conduct...
A brief history of obstetric anaesthesia in Australia
For History Month 2021, we asked Prof Alicia Dennis to talk to us about the history of obstetric anaesthesia in Australia. Prof Dennis had already prepared a presentation for the Launceston Historical Society’s Pugh Day Lecture. Restrictions in place, due to Covid-19,...
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...
They Didn’t Feel a Thing: History of Medicine Talk Series
During April 2021, we took part in the Australian Heritage Festival, organised by the National Trust of Australia. As part of the festival we offered a range of public talks on interesting topics. First up was Rebecca Lush. Rebecca is the curator at the Integrated...