Biographical entry Ellery, Reginald Spencer (1897 - 1955)

Summary

Reginald Spencer Ellery worked with the Victorian Department of Mental Hygiene 1923 -31 and was a psychiatric clinic assistant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital 1925-31. From 1931 he was Psychiatrist to the Alfred and Women's Hospitals, Melbourne.

Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Reginald Spencer Ellery - Records, 1910 - 1950, MS 7979; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gurciullo, Sebastian, 'Ellery, Reginald Spencer (1897-1955), Psychiatrist and Author', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 89-90. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140102b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Kaplan, Robert M., 'The First Psychiatric Royal Commission: Reg Ellery and the Attendants at Kew Hospital', Health and History, vol. 16, no. 1, 2014, pp. 45-65. Details
• Kaplan, Robert M., 'Reg Ellery and the establishment of psychoanalysis in Australia', Health & History, vol. 17, no. 1, 2015, pp. 37-52. Details

Online Resources

• Gibbs, W. J., 'The Origins of Australian Meteorology', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0805.html. Details
• 'Ellery, Reg S (18970812-19551227)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579706. Details