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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002613b.htm person Stawell Richard Rawdon Kt AACR2 14 March 1864 18 April 1935 Place of Birth Kew, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physician Sir Richard Stawell was honorary physician to the Children's Hospital, Melbourne from 1893-1914, to out-patients at Melbourne Hospital from 1903-1919, to in-patients from 1919-1924 and a consulting physician from 1924. He also had a successful private practice. He was particularly concerned with the wider responsibilities of the medical profession in society. Stawell is commemorated by the Sir Richard Stawell Oration which was given in Melbourne from 1934 to 1986. 1887 1887 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne 1888 1888 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1890 1890 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne 1890 1892 Education - Postgraduate work in the United Kingdom (London) and Germany (Tübingen) 1891 1891 Education - Diploma of Public Health completed in London 1893 1908 Career position - Private practice in Collins Street Melbourne 1893 1914 Career position - Honorary Physician at the Children's Hospital in Melbourne 1903 1919 Career position - Honorary Physician of out-patients at the Melbourne Hospital 1905 1935 Career position - Member of the Melbourne Hospital board of management 1908 1935 Career position - Private practice in Spring Street Melbourne 1910 1910 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian branch 1915 1916 Career position - Head of the medical section of the 3rd Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Force 1916 Career position - Member of the appeal board of the Repatriation Department 1917 1924 Career position - Physician to in-patients at the Melbourne Hospital 1920 1920 Career position - President, Melbourne Club 1924 Career position - Consulting Physician at the Melbourne Hospital 1928 1928 Career position - President, Melbourne Hospital board of management 1929 1929 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1930 1932 Career position - Inaugural President of the Association of Physicians of Australasia (later the Royal Australasian College of Physicians) 1930 1935 Career position - Chairman, Victorian Council of Mental Hygiene Stawell, William Foster (1815 - 1889)

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 'Stawell, Richard Rawdon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stawell, Richard Rawdon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Sir Richard Stawell Oration. (Aspects of medical research in Australian medical Schools). Kellaway, C. H. The Sir Richard Stawell Oration. (Aspects of medical research in Australian medical Schools). 1938 Medical Journal of Australia 1 365-374 Journal Article: Some Problems of our Expanding Universities. Sir Richard Stawell Oration Cowan, R. W. T. Some Problems of our Expanding Universities. Sir Richard Stawell Oration 1962 Medical Journal of Australia 1 189-196 Book Section: Stawell, Sir Richard Rawdon (1864-1935), physician Martin, F. I. R. Stawell, Sir Richard Rawdon (1864-1935), physician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 56-57 Journal Article: The Halford Oration. The Foundations of the Medical School and the Future of Medical Education Stawell, R. R. The Halford Oration. The Foundations of the Medical School and the Future of Medical Education 1931 Medical Journal of Australia 1 1-8 Journal Article: Obituary: Richard Rawdon Stawell Wood, A. Jeffreys Obituary: Richard Rawdon Stawell 1935 Medical journal of Australia 1(20) 633-6 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Morison, Patricia The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Canberra Halstead Press 2019 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77