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Aboriginal Health College, Little Bay

Aboriginal Medical Service

Brislington

The colonial observations of Surgeon John White

Aboriginal Health College, Little Bay

Brislington

Hillview

Aboriginal Health College

Aboriginal Health Medical Research Council

Aboriginal Medical Service

Hillview Community Health Centre

Johnson & Johnson

NSW Private Hospitals Branch

Randwick Auxiliary Hospital

Royal Far West

St John Ambulance Australia

Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary

Sydney Medical Mission

Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Organisation

Coe, Paul

Dykes, Jim

Flower, Dulcie

McKenna, Ross

Russell, John

Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern 1980

Brislington House - Medical and Nursing Museum, Parramatta 22 October 2012

Royal North Shore Hospital ultrasound unit 1982

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital interior c1880-93

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 1933

Sir Arthur Renwick 1909

John Rule, former coordinator of the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre, on social diversity and AIDS in Surry Hills

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Health care

Aboriginal Health College, Little Bay

Designed for and by Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Health College at Little Bay is connected to both culture and environment.

Aboriginal Medical Service

Inspired by the success of the Aboriginal Legal Service, and founded by many of the same activists, from 1971 the Aboriginal Medical Service provided free medical care to Aboriginal people from its shopfront in Redfern.

Brislington

Brislington is Parramatta's oldest existing dwelling house and stands on land once used by the Darug-speaking Burramatta people. Initially a family residence, Brislington was a medical practice for almost a hundred years, followed by the Parramatta District Hospital's Nurses' Home up until the 1970s. Since 1983 the building has been home to the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum.

The colonial observations of Surgeon John White

Surgeon John White, an officer of the First Fleet, was responsible for the health of the infant penal colony. His journal, and those of his contemporaries, reveals that food shortages were a serious problem for colonial officials, convicts and Aboriginal people. While there was some early collaboration between Aboriginal people and colonists regarding food, tensions escalated into violent incidents and an unknown number of fatalities. White, however, offered care to all the residents of Port Jackson, including Nanbaree, who White took to England.

Aboriginal Health College, Little Bay

Educational facility to provide health training for Indigenous Australians.

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Brislington

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Two storey Georgian dwelling constructed for ex-convict John Hodges using money won in a card game at the nearby Woolpack Inn. It now houses the Medical and Nursing museum.

Hillview

Federation mansion owned by the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service.

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Aboriginal Health College

College designed to provide culturally appropriate accredited education courses in Aboriginal health and associated disciplines.

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Aboriginal Health Medical Research Council

Company established to promote Aboriginal health, training and community based support and decision making.

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Aboriginal Medical Service

Community-led group providing medical treatment to Aboriginal people including general practice and dental services and now offering a training program for Aboriginal health workers.

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Hillview Community Health Centre

Health centre in Turramurra operated by the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service.

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Johnson & Johnson

Manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and consumer health products which began in the United States of America in 1886 and expanded into Australia in 1931.

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NSW Private Hospitals Branch

Branch of NSW Health that administers regulation and compliance of the Private Facilities Act to privately owned and operated private health facilities across the state

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Randwick Auxiliary Hospital

Established in 1927 as an auxiliary to the Coast Hospital at Little Bay in two wards of the Randwick Military Hospital for convalescent and chronic patients. It was managed by the Prince Henry Hospital until 1936 when it became a separate organisation under the Department of Health. The Auxiliary Hospital eventually specialised in treating men with tubercolosis (TB) and changed its name to the Randwick Chest Hospital in 1958. It was merged into the Prince of Wales hospital in the 1960s.

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Royal Far West

Health care organisation founded by Reverend Stanley Drummond in 1924 to provide respite and recreation by the sea for country children.

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St John Ambulance Australia

Self funding, charitable organisation active in all States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger.

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Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary

Clinic created in 1826 to provide outpatient care for 'free poor persons, unable to pay for medical attendance'. It operated from several city premises before obtaining occupancy at the Rum Hospital. In 1844 it changed its name from the Sydney Dispensary to the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary, and in 1881 became the Sydney Hospital.

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Sydney Medical Mission

Charity established to provide health care services and medicine to underprivileged adults and children in Sydney’s poorest inner suburbs that operated between 1900-1917. It was established by Dr Julie Carlile-Thomas and funded by Emma Dixson. Its first premises consisted of three small rooms in a building on Elizabeth Street before it was relocated to Macquarie Street. Mission doctors provided a unique service for sick Sydneysiders who were unable to leave their homes to enter hospital, particularly women with young children, and chronic incurable patients for whom no hospital bed was available. In its early years, a dilapidated phaeton pulled by an old horse, and driven by an even older man with a long white beard, transported the doctors on their house calls, and became a common sight in what were then known as the ‘slum’ suburbs of Sydney.

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Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Organisation

Care organisation dedicated to the provision of culturally appropriate services and quality care for older members of the Aboriginal community in their own homes and within the community. It offers aged care training and a range of activities including craft, workshops and health forums. It was founded by Sylvia Ingram Scott , a Wiradjuri elder fom Cowra, and Mary Silva, a Dunghutti elder from Kempsey.

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Coe, Paul

Aboriginal lawyer and activist involved in many struggles for civil and land rights.

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Dykes, Jim

American-born pastor who moved to Sydney in 1983 and helped to raise community awareness of HIV AIDS, establishing the Ankali Project.

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Flower, Dulcie

Aboriginal health worker and activist who was instrumental in establishing the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service where she worked for many years.

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McKenna, Ross

Activist involved in the establishment of Aboriginal social welfare programs in the 1970s.

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Russell, John

Activist and reformer who was first social worker with South Sydney Community Aid and worked to establish the Aboriginal Medical Service.

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Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern 1980

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National Archives of Australia

[A6180, 22/4/80/19]

Brislington House - Medical and Nursing Museum, Parramatta 22 October 2012

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Royal North Shore Hospital ultrasound unit 1982

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National Archives of Australia

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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital interior c1880-93

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State Library of New South Wales

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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 1933

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_01791 / Home and Away 1791]

Sir Arthur Renwick 1909

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John Hubert Newman

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

John Rule, former coordinator of the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre, on social diversity and AIDS in Surry Hills

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City of Sydney Council

(From the Oral History Collection)

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