La Trobe University built on Mont Park Farmland
In December 1964, the Victorian parliament agreed to create a new University for Victoria, to...
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Author: Kathy Andrewartha
Muriel Yarrington – Pioneer in Mental Health Nursing
Muriel’s Nursing Kathy Andrewartha 2018 Muriel Yarrington (1915 – 1968) was a most important...
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Dr John Springthorpe at Mont Park Hospital
Colonel (Dr) John Springthorpe (1855 – 1933) graduated in medicine from The University of...
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Dr (William) Ernest Jones
In 1905, Dr (William) Ernest Jones was appointed Victorian ‘Inspector General of the Insane’. He...
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Dr Eric Cunningham Dax
Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908 – 2008) became head of Victoria’s Mental Hygiene Authority in 1952...
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