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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005765b.htm person Cook Cecil Evelyn Aufrere AACR2 23 September 1897 4 July 1985 Place of Birth Bexhill, Surrey, United Kingdom Place of Death Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner Medical administrator Cecil Cook was a medical practitioner who in 1927 became chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory. Based in Darwin he was able to concentrate on establishing a public health system. He established a training school for nurses and a tuberculosis clinic at Darwin Hospital (1929), general hospitals at Katherine (1931), Tennant Creek (1936) and Alice Springs (1939), and a hospital for lepers outside Darwin (1931). With colleague Clyde Fenton he began the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service. Cook championed the welfare of full-blood Aborigines but looked for ways to 'uplift' the morality and standards of living of 'half-castes'. As a senior public health officer for the Western Australian and Commonwealth Governments, Cook interested himself in perinatal and infant health, traffic injuries, skin cancer, food standards, native health and the carcinogenic properties of tobacco. As Chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council's public health committee he played a leading role in Australia's campaign against poliomyelitis. 1899 1899 Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family 1920 1920 Education - MB ChM, University of Sydney 1923 1923 Education - DTM&H, London School of Tropical Medicine 1927 1939 Career position - Chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aborigines, North Australia 1929 1929 Education - MD, University of Sydney 1931 1931 Education - DPH, University of Sydney 1935 1935 Award - Cilento Medal, Australian Institute of Anatomy 1935 1935 Award - Commander of the Order of he British Empire (CBE) 1939 1941 Career position - Lecturer, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1941 1946 Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces 1946 1949 Career position - Commissioner of Public Health, Western Australia 1949 1958 Career position - Senior Medical Officer, Commonwealth Department of Health 1958 1962 Career position - Director, Division of Public Health, Commonwealth Department of Health 1964 1972 Career position - Member, Human Biology Advisory Committee, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Department of Health, Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - 1987)

Director, Division of Public Health 1958 - 1962

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 'Cook, Cecil Evelyn Aufrere (Mick)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cook, Cecil Evelyn Aufrere (Mick) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Cook, Cecil Evelyn Aufrere (1897-1985), medical practitioner Rowse, Tim Cook, Cecil Evelyn Aufrere (1897-1985), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 242-243 Book: The epidemiology of leprosy in Australia : being the report of an investigation in Australia during the years 1923-1925 under the terms of the Wandsworth Research Scholarship of the London School of Tropical Medicine Cook, Cecil The epidemiology of leprosy in Australia : being the report of an investigation in Australia during the years 1923-1925 under the terms of the Wandsworth Research Scholarship of the London School of Tropical Medicine Canberra Department of Health 1927 Book: A vision for Australia's health: Dr Cecil Cook at work Leithhead, Barry A vision for Australia's health: Dr Cecil Cook at work Melbourne Australian Scholarly Publishing 2019 Book: Health Services in the Northern Territory: a History, 1824-1970 Kettle, Ellen Health Services in the Northern Territory: a History, 1824-1970 Darwin North Australian Research Unit, Australian National University 1991