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Medical Science

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2002 Bali Bombing

Glebe Coroner's Court

John Doe 1994

Rodd Island

Inquest Into the Deaths Arising from the Lindt Café Siege 2017

Coroner’s Act 2009

Medical Witnesses at Inquests Act 1838

Anderson Stuart Building

Forensic Medicine & Coroners Court Complex, Lidcombe

NSW State Coroner's Court and Morgue, Glebe

Cerebral Surgery Research Unit

Institute of Forensic Medicine

NSW Health Pathology Forensic Medicine

New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry

Vaccine Institution

Bailey, Harry Richard

Botterill, Paul

Cotton, Frank Stanley

Donlon, Denise

Griffiths, Chris

Hilton, John

Lain, Russell

Lawrence, Christopher H

Loir, Adrien

Pinhey, William Townley

Shiell, Henry

Sutherland, Struan Keith

Sutisno, Meiya

Adrien Loir c1890

Adrien Loir in the laboratory at Rodd Island 1891

Entrance to the former NSW State Coroner’s Court on Parramatta Road 2020

Mixed technologies in the reporting room at the morgue, State Coroner's Court, Glebe September 2020

Parking and loading dock in lower level of the former NSW State Coroner's Court and Morgue, Glebe 2020

Plan of lower level containing the morgue, the Glebe Coroner's Court September 2020

Plan of top floor of Glebe Coroner's Court 2020

Post-mortem and viewing room, former Coroner's Court, Glebe September 2020

The Harriett Biffin Pathology Laboratory Plaque at Rachel Forster Hospital 2007

The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination November 1891

The former NSW State Coroner’s Court on Parramatta Road 2020

The morgue and refrigeration room, Coroner's Court, Glebe 2020

University of Sydney chemistry class, with medical students wearing sashes 1886

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Medical Science

2002 Bali Bombing

At 11pm on 12 October 2002, two suicide bombers killed two 202 people in Indonesia in an attack on popular Balinese nightclubs Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar. The victims came from 21 countries, with 88 Australians killed and hundreds injured. On 14 October, a specialist team from the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Glebe Coroner’s Court flew to Bali to assist in identifying the remains.

Glebe Coroner's Court

The former NSW State Coroner’s Court and Morgue building on Parramatta Road, Glebe, functioned as the centre of coronial justice in the state for 48 years, and tens of thousands of Sydney’s unexplained deaths, accidents, fires, explosions and missing persons were investigated there. The building housing two coroner’s courts and offices on the top floor and the morgue, refrigeration room and laboratory on the bottom floor, and from 1971 the Department of Forensic Medicine since 1971. In December 2018 it was replaced by a new facility in Lidcombe.

John Doe 1994

The John Doe case was a landmark missing person case for the New South Wales Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Glebe Morgue when an unidentified body was found in the Hawkesbury River in August 1994.

Rodd Island

Island which sits peacefully in the middle of Iron Cove. During the 1880s it became the centre of a number of remarkable scientific experiments.

Inquest Into the Deaths Arising from the Lindt Café Siege 2017

Findings by Coroner Michael Barnes from his inquiry into the Lindt Cafe siege at Martin Place that took place on 15-16 December 2014.

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Coroner’s Act 2009

An Act passed by the government of New South Wales in 2009 to provide for the appointment and functions of coroners and assistant coroners; to repeal the Coroners Act 1980; and for other purposes.

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Medical Witnesses at Inquests Act 1838

An Act passed by the New South Wales government on 13 June 1838 to provide for the attendance of Medical Witnesses at Coroners' Inquests and Inquiries held by Justices of the Peace. This allowed a coroner to summon the medical practitioner who had attended the death, or, if none had been present at the time, a qualified medical witness.

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Anderson Stuart Building

Sandstone medical school at University of Sydney which has been in continuous use since 1889.

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Forensic Medicine & Coroners Court Complex, Lidcombe

The largest coroner’s court and forensic medicine facility in Australia. It opened in 2018, replacing the Glebe Coroners Court. The three storey building includes four courtrooms and larger spaces for coronial and forensic teams to work, as well as additional spaces for community members.

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NSW State Coroner's Court and Morgue, Glebe

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Court complex at 44–46 Parramatta Road, Glebe that functioned as the centre of coronial justice in New South Wales for 48 years. The building housed two coroner’s courts, and offices, on the top floor, and the morgue, cool room and laboratory on the ground floor. The Department of Forensic Medicine was also housed in the building after 1971. In 2018 the Coroner and the Department of Forensic Medicine both moved to new purpose built premises at Lidcombe.

Cerebral Surgery Research Unit

Medical research facility established within the then named Callan Park Mental Hospital

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Institute of Forensic Medicine

Established in 1991, the Institute was formed from the Division of Forensic Medicine. The Institute was formed under the NSW Department of Health, however the agency also reported to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. The Institute conducted research into various medical inquiries, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and performed post-mortem examinations. In 2001 these post-mortem examinations became the subject of an inquiry by Special Commissioner Bret Walker. The inquiry lead to the abolition of the Institute and the establishment of the Department of Forensic Medicine.

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NSW Health Pathology Forensic Medicine

State government service that carries out independent post-mortem examinations and related testing at the direction of the Coroner to help investigate unexplained or unexpected deaths in NSW. Over 6,000 deaths are submitted to the NSW Coroner for further investigation every year. As part of the coronial process, NSW Health Pathology’s Statewide Forensic Medicine team respectfully engage with families of the deceased and, where directed, carry out post-mortem examinations for the coroner to help investigate unexpected, unexplained or suspicious deaths across three sites in NSW (Sydney/Lidcombe, Newcastle and Wollongong). The organisation also provides environmental health testing to public health units in NSW and delivers services to the NSW Roads and Maritime Service, local government bodies and other organisations.

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New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry

Profession body providing quality learning and research to the mental health workforce and the wider community

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Vaccine Institution

Government vaccine facility that opened at the Emigration Barracks on Bent Street in 1847, moving to the top of King Street beside Hyde Park Barracks in May 1857 and remaining there until late 1886 when the Barracks were redeveloped.

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Bailey, Harry Richard

Psychiatrist who, with others, treated patients at Chelmsford Private Hospital with Deep Sleep Therapy and electric shock therapy. The death of at least 26 of these patients by 1979 eventually led to a Royal Commission in 1988. Bailey had taken his own life while being investigated in 1985.

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Botterill, Paul

Forensic pathologist.

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Cotton, Frank Stanley

Lecturer in physiology who specialised in the study of the effects of physical strain on the human body. He invented the aerodynamic anti-gravity suit, the 'Cotton aerodynamic anti-G flying suit' during World War II, which prevented pilots from blacking out at high speed. With Forbes Carlile, he also established the first sports science laboratory in Australia.

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Donlon, Denise

Forensic anthropologist

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Griffiths, Chris

Specialist forensic odontologist and Head of the NSW Dental Identification Unit.

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Hilton, John

Forensic pathologist who was the head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Glebe.

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Lain, Russell

Forensic odontologist and specialist dentist at Sydney Dental Hospital.

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Lawrence, Christopher H

Forensic pathologist

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Loir, Adrien

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French bacteriologist who conducted experiments on Rodd Island to see whether the chicken cholera bacillus was an effective solution to the rabbit plague. Nephew of Louis Pasteur.

Pinhey, William Townley

Pharmacist and local politician who also served as the Deputy City Coroner for Sydney until his death in 1895.

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Shiell, Henry

One of the city’s longest-serving coroners, Shiell served from 1866 until 1888, when he fell ill and was unable to return to the position. He died in January 1889.

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Sutherland, Struan Keith

Medical researcher who was an expert on venomous animals and developed the antivenom for bites from the Sydney funnel-web spider in 1980 while working at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Melbourne.

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Sutisno, Meiya

Forensic anatomist, anthropologist and Expert Witness in Forensic Anatomy & Imagery Analysis.

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Adrien Loir c1890

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State Library of Queensland

[Negative number: 196575]

Adrien Loir in the laboratory at Rodd Island 1891

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National Library of Australia

[nla.news-page4848115 via Trove]

('The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination', Illustrated Sydney News, 21 November 1891, p12)

Entrance to the former NSW State Coroner’s Court on Parramatta Road 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

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Health Infrastructure

Mixed technologies in the reporting room at the morgue, State Coroner's Court, Glebe September 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

Parking and loading dock in lower level of the former NSW State Coroner's Court and Morgue, Glebe 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

Plan of lower level containing the morgue, the Glebe Coroner's Court September 2020

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Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

Plan of top floor of Glebe Coroner's Court 2020

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Health Infrastructure

Post-mortem and viewing room, former Coroner's Court, Glebe September 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

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Health Infrastructure

The Harriett Biffin Pathology Laboratory Plaque at Rachel Forster Hospital 2007

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By

Weir Phillips Heritage

Contributed By

Weir Phillips Heritage

(Heritage Impact Study, 2007)

The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination November 1891

full record »

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.news-page4848115 via Trove]

('The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination', Illustrated Sydney News, 21 November 1891, p12)

The former NSW State Coroner’s Court on Parramatta Road 2020

full record »

By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

The morgue and refrigeration room, Coroner's Court, Glebe 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

University of Sydney chemistry class, with medical students wearing sashes 1886

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Contributed By

University of Sydney Archives

Education and Research