by Monica Cronin, Curator | Jun 8, 2017 | New Zealand, Research, University of Otago, War, Women |
This post is one in a series uncovering the stories of early women anaesthetists from Australia and New Zealand. In a very polite letter to the Chancellor of the University of Otago, dated 10 March, 1891, 18 year old Emily Siedeberg expressed her desire to study...
by curator | Dec 20, 2016 | Research, Uncategorized, War |
Dr Clara Cotaru is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists currently living and working in Belgium. Clara’s interest in the history of anaesthesia began with an investigation of the history of advertising anaesthetic agents, which she...
by curator | Nov 14, 2016 | About the museum, ANZAC, Australian Defence Force, Research, Royal College of Surgeons (London), University of Melbourne, War |
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...
by curator | Nov 11, 2016 | About the museum, ANZAC, Australian Defence Force, Disaster relief, Exhibitions, New Zealand, Peacekeeping, War |
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...
