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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-06 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000246b.htm corporateBody Victorian College of Pharmacy AACR2 Melbourne College of Pharmacy 1881 1930 1881 Start Place Parkville, Victoria, Australia Location Parkville, Victoria Education Pharmaceuticals or Medical Aids Health Industry Technical College The Victorian College of Pharmacy began in 1881 when chemist Johann Kruse started to teach pharmacy at the Industrial and Technical Museum in Melbourne. Originally known as the Melbourne College of Pharmacy (the name change was effected in the 1930s), the College was under the auspices of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victori, which recognised the need for pharmaceutical training. For many years the College was funded from student fees. It was not until 1960 that the initial apprenticeship system was replaced with a 3-year degree course. In July 1992 the College merged with Monash University, becoming the Faculty of Pharmacy (and Pharmaceutical Sciences) while retainig its identity as the Victorian College of Pharmacy. Vaughan, Geoffrey (Geoff) (1933 - 2018)

Dean and Director 1979 - 1987

 Monash University (1958 - )

The College joined Monash University in 1992

 Witt, Edith Miriel (1905 - 2006)

First female staff member

 Sissons, Alfred Thomas Stanley (1888 - 1975)

Dean 1920 - 1962

 Andrews, Peter Ronald (1943 - )

Dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1980 - 1987

 Jackson, Alfred Henrich (1851 - 1938)

Dean 1886 - 1889

 Kruse, Johann August (John) (1822 - 1895)

Dean 1882 - 1885

 Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891 - 1963)

Head of the Department of Materia Medica 1927 - 1963

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 'Victorian College of Pharmacy', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Victorian College of Pharmacy Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Journal Article: The Victorian College of Pharmacy: a case study of amalgamation failure and success in Australian higher education Brett, André The Victorian College of Pharmacy: a case study of amalgamation failure and success in Australian higher education 2018 Journal of the history of education 47 5 644-62 Book: The Victorian College of Pharmacy: 125 years of history, 1881 - 2006 Bomford, Janette M. The Victorian College of Pharmacy: 125 years of history, 1881 - 2006 Parkville, Vic. Victorian College of Pharmacy 2006 Book: Birth of the Victorian College of Pharmacy Feehan, Harold Victor Birth of the Victorian College of Pharmacy Parkville Victorian College of Pharmacy 1981 Book Section: Bailey, Arthur Rudolph (1863-1938), pharmacist Bailey, Arthur Rudolph (1863-1938), pharmacist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 134-135 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000