Corporate Body

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (1930 - 1980)

The University of Sydney

From: 4 March 1930
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To: 3 March 1980
Functions: Education, Health Industry and Medical Research
Reference No: CA 633
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was established in March 1930, taking control of the functions of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine. The School trained medical graduates in the subjects of tropical medicine and public health. The School was abolished in March 1980.

Timeline

1910 - 1930 Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine
1930 - 1980 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Related People

Clements, Frederick William (Fred) (1904 - 1995)
Medical Officer from 1931 and then lecturer in the 1950s
Dods, Lorimer Fenton (1900 - 1981)
First Professor of Child Health 1949 - 1960
Ford, Edward (Ted) (1902 - 1986)
Director 1946 - 1968; Professor of Preventive Medicine 1947 - 1968;
Lancaster, Henry Oliver (1913 - 2001)
Senior Lecturer and later Professor of Medical Statistics 1946 - 1959
Sutton, Harvey Vincent (1882 - 1963)
Director 1930 - 1947

Published resources

Books

University of Sydney. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1930-1980 (Sydney: Commonwealth Department of Health and University of Sydney, 1980), 179 pp. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-631092. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 633; School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Registration of entity: 15 July 1974', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20633. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 19 December 2002, Last modified: 24 August 2023

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