Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
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Reading the Gwen Wilson Archive

Reading the Gwen Wilson Archive

by curator | May 18, 2018 | Collections, Conferences, Research, Women | 0 comments

In 2017 representatives from the Geoffrey Kaye Museum, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, and Harry Daly Museum joined forces to present a session at the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (ANZSHM) conference held at the Australian...
The Rare Privilege of Medicine – a new exhibition

The Rare Privilege of Medicine – a new exhibition

by Monica Cronin, Curator | Mar 14, 2018 | About the museum, Exhibitions, London School of Medicine for Women, Women | 0 comments

On International Women’s Day we launched our new exhibition, The Rare Privilege of Medicine: Women anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. It’s a small offering, highlighting 10 women from the late 19th Century through to the mid 20th Century, but it also features...
The benefits of hands-on history

The benefits of hands-on history

by curator | Dec 18, 2017 | About the museum, Exhibitions, Research, Women | 0 comments

Jack Rayner is a 2nd year student of history at Swinburne University. Jack is a recent addition to the volunteer team at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum and has been attempting to take classroom skills into the real-world. His research will be contributing to a 2018...
Health, Medicine, and Society: Challenge and Change

Health, Medicine, and Society: Challenge and Change

by curator | Jul 27, 2017 | Collections, Conferences, Women | 0 comments

Ari Hunter has been volunteering with the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History since September 2015 when she undertook an internship to prepare a significance statement for the Bruck Inhaler. Since then, she has undertaken a range of research projects. The...
The great women of anaesthesia: Emily Hancock Siedeberg McKinnon

The great women of anaesthesia: Emily Hancock Siedeberg McKinnon

by Monica Cronin, Curator | Jun 8, 2017 | New Zealand, Research, University of Otago, War, Women | 0 comments

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...
The great women of anaesthesia: Janet Lindsay Greig

The great women of anaesthesia: Janet Lindsay Greig

by Monica Cronin, Curator | Jan 8, 2017 | About the museum, Melbourne Hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital, University of Melbourne, Women | 0 comments

This post is one in a series uncovering the stories of early women anaesthetists from Australia and New Zealand. Dr Janet Lindsay Greig was the first woman in Australia to be appointed to the position of Honorary Anaesthetist. Her story is also remarkable. Janet was...
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Geoffrey Kaye Museum
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
ANZCA House
630 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Australia

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