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By way of some preliminary notice, the PAC 2007 meeting in Melbourne over the weekend of August 24 to 26, will feature a two hour history of pharmacy session which doesn’t clash with the mainstream program.
The plan is to have a keynote speaker who will follow the debate on national registration, educational standards and uniform poisons laws which started
at the first Intercolonial Conference in Australasia held in 1886. There will be a paper about Friendly Society pharmacies in Australia and a short session on ceramic druggist’s wares. The Academy has negotiated with the PAC Organising Committee to allow visitors to attend the history session without registering for the whole
day, and as a special bonus there will be a door prize of a very handsome publication courtesy of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Note also that the International Society of the History of Pharmacy will be holding its Congress in Spain in mid September, more details are in this journal.
So it’s going to be quite an historical year, and remember don’t live to be rich, live to be happy.
Geoff Miller
Editor
President’s column
Sesquicentennial of official pharmacy in Australia
1857, pharmacists of Victoria set the pace in education and standards of
practice and the rest of Australia followed. Victoria has produced leader upon leader, a seemingly unending rush of outstanding figures.
Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria ounded 1857
n the century following the foundation of their pharmaceutical society in fI
They have been impatient pioneers, men and women full of confidence, cocky, knowledgeable, quick to spot the chance, game to seize the opportunity and determined to persevere.
Some of these pharmacists have carried that moral spark and principle which has passed their actions beyond success to become the inspiration of leadership. At the same time as they were bound imitators of England’s pharmaceutical arrangements, Victoria’s leading pharmacists have refused to be contained by the limits of the chemist shop, by commercial threats from the market, by the medical profession, or by various governments. These pharmacists saw to the lasting foundation of a pharmaceutical society, a pharmacy board, a pharmacy journal and most remarkable of all, a college of pharmacy.
Many ideas and all subsequent pharmacy institutions and organisations were born in the college or nurtured and sheltered there. Most importantly ‘the college was the place where love of pharmacy was encountered, which gave sinew and direction to future leaders: it was principally through the college that Victoria was able to leaven and lead Australian pharmacy,’ said Gregory Haines in his 1994 text. A History of Pharmacy in Victoria.
I am confident that all Australian pharmacists share in the traditions established by our Victorian colleagues. It is a wonderfully proud and rich tradition and has provided that foundation building block for other Australian pharmacists to grow and enhance their practice of pharmacy.
Pharmacy Australia Congress – Melbourne
24-26 August 2007
This year being the sesquicentennial of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, (now the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia – (Vic Branch)), an important conference is being staged in Melbourne. It is the Pharmacy Australia Congress from 24-26 August 2007. At this
conference a particular stream will be devoted to the History of Pharmacy in Victoria and
the sesquicentennial will be acknowledged
and celebrated. I do hope that you can attend and hear the excellent speakers and enjoy the comprehensive and interesting program that we have arranged for you.
Looking forward to seeing you in Melbourne 24-26 August 2007.
DIARY NOTE
PAC 2007 MELBOURNE
SAT 25/8 1.30PM History of Pharmacy Open Session.
Editor’s note
Contributions from members are always welcome, especially family histories of pharmacists.
The opinions and views of the authors of articles
in this newsletter are their own and not necessarily those of the publisher, the Australian Academy of Pharmacy History or the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Every care is taken to reproduce articles as accurately as possible but the publisher accepts no responsibility for errors, omissions or inaccuracies.
Ross Brown, President
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