Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
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A Foray into the Archives of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum

A Foray into the Archives of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum

by Curator | Mar 27, 2024 | Collections, New Zealand, Research, Uncategorized, Women | 0 comments

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...
The life of Dr Robin William Smallwood

The life of Dr Robin William Smallwood

by Curator | Jun 20, 2022 | University of Melbourne, War | 0 comments

Dr Robin Smallwood was Dean, Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1986-87). In this blog post, his wife Rosalind Smallwood, and colleagues, Dr Geoff Gutteridge and Professor Barry Baker AM, remember his great contributions to the...
A brief history of obstetric anaesthesia in Australia

A brief history of obstetric anaesthesia in Australia

by Curator | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized, Women | 0 comments

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,...

Recent Posts

  • International Women’s Day Spotlight – Eleanor McLaglan Baker
  • Dr Vanessa Beavis, FANZCA, shares her thoughts with us about her portrait.
  • Behind the Scenes with an Anatomical Head Model
  • Plastic Fantastic: Preserving the Past in Anaesthetic History
  • 2024 Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine History and Heritage Research Grant – accepting applications!

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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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The museum acknowledges the Boon Wurrung people as the traditional custodians of the Country on which we work and meet.

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