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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Contact Details
Street Address
College of Surgeons Gardens, Spring Street, Melbourne 3000
Postal Address

As above

Phone
(03) 9249-1270
Fax
(03) 9249-1219
Email
College.archives@surgeons.org
Archive Information
Officer in Charge
Archivist
Hours & Facilities

Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. General reference assistance available. Copying services for books, journals, original records to A3 and photographs available.

Access

Closed period of 30 years applies to most records. Access to records within the closed period can be gained by authorization from the Chief Executive.

Acquisition Focus

Domestic archival service to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. NZ records of these are under branch storage arrangements. Some Australian state records are being brought to Melbourne. Some records of individual surgeons and related specialist societies are also held.

Quantity
100 m (ACA Australian Archival Statistics, 1998)
Major Holdings
  • RACS: Fellowship files 1926- (17m); Photographs 1930- (1m); Minutes and Agenda papers 1926- (9m); Correspondence files 1930- (40m).
  • Archibald Watson: Diaries and Correspondence 1882-1940 (1m).
  • Sidcup Military Hospital, UK: Watercolours of facial injuries etc by Daryl Lindsay and other records 1916-1919 (1m).
  • Heidelberg Hospital, Melbourne: B K Bank wartime and post war plastic surgery records 1943-1945 (5m).
References
  • Smith, C.V., 'For the Record' column RACS Bulletin Vol 10, No 2 (July 1990): 42-44; Vol 13, No 2 (July 1993): 71-72.
Last Updated
8 June 2005