A002087 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-07-22 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002087b.htm corporateBody Royal Children's Hospital AACR2 1953 Start Place Parkville, Victoria, Australia Location Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Hospitals or Clinics The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) was established in 1953 when the Children's Hospital was granted the prefix 'Royal'. In 1963 the hospital moved from its cramped premises in Carlton to a new building in Parkville. In 2002 the RCH is a 310 bed paediatric hospital. The Hospital provides services for infants, children and adolescents from the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania, as well as south-east Asia. Women's and Children's Health, State of Victoria (1995 - 2005) Children's Hospital (1870 - 1953) Bowes, Glenn (1948 - 2025)

Governor 1997 - 2007; Executive Director 2000 - 2002

 Scheffer, Ingrid Eileen (1958 - )

Chair of Paediatric Neurology 2005 -

 Robertson, Edward Graeme (1903 - 1975)

Honorary Neurologist 1953 -

 Gray, Nigel (1928 - 2014)

Assistant Medical Director 1964-68

 Lewis, Nancy (1913 - 2002)

Ophthalmologist in charge of eye clinic 1953 - 1963; Consultant Ophthalmologist 1963 - 1986

 Gilbert, Gwendolyn Lesley (Lyn) (1942 - )

Director of Microbiology 1979 - 1984

 Crisp, Ernest Reginald (1903 - 1996)

Honorary Assistant Radiologist 1935 - 1948

 Perry, John William ( - 1965)

John Perry was Medical Director of the Royal Children's Hospital.

 Danks, David (1931 - 2003)

David Danks worked at the Royal Children's Hospital and established a Genetics Research Unit there in 1967.

 The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (2009 - )

The Royal Children's Hospital is part of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

 Wettenhall, Henry Norman Burgess (Norman) (1915 - 2000)

Senior Physician 1948 - 1973; Endocrinologist 1973 - 1980

 Brown, Thomas Christopher Kenneth (Kester) (1935 - 2018)

Director of Anaesthesia 1974 - 2000; Director of Theatre Services 1974 - 1994

 Rickards, Winston Selby (1920 - 2007) 1955 1983

Director of the Department of Child Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences

 Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Office (c. 2019 - ) 2019

The Royal Children's Hospital is part of the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Leadership Group.

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 'Royal Children's Hospital', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royal Children's Hospital Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Pictures Of Standard Syndromes and Undiagnosed Malformations (POSSUM) Pictures Of Standard Syndromes and Undiagnosed Malformations (POSSUM) Murdoch Children's Research Institute 1972 Resource Section: VA 1239 Royal Childrens Hospital VA 1239 Royal Childrens Hospital Public Record Office Victoria 2002 Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue Book: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 1870-1970: a History Gardiner, Lyndsay Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 1870-1970: a History Parkville, Victoria Royal Childrens Hospital 1970 Book: The Royal Children's Hospital: a History of Faith, Science and Love Yule, Peter The Royal Children's Hospital: a History of Faith, Science and Love Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales Halstead Press 1999 Resource Section: VA 5016 Women's and Children's Health Care Network (Women's and Children's Health from 2000) VA 5016 Women's and Children's Health Care Network (Women's and Children's Health from 2000) Public Record Office of Victoria 2025 Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue Journal Article: From kindergarten teachers to child psychotherapists: an account of the development of child psychotherapy at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital 1930s to 1970s Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-16 Robson, Belinda From kindergarten teachers to child psychotherapists: an account of the development of child psychotherapy at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital 1930s to 1970s Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-16 2015 Health & History 17 1 1-16 Book: Caring for our Children: the History of Nursing, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne McInnes, Margaret Caring for our Children: the History of Nursing, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Melbourne Australian Scholarly Publishing 2006 Journal Article: Dr Ian Hamilton McDonald, MBBS, DA, FANZCA: the evolution of paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Keys, Adam Dr Ian Hamilton McDonald, MBBS, DA, FANZCA: the evolution of paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 2019 Anaesthesia and intensive care 47 3 supp. 6-16