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AAHP session at PAC
The Australian Academy of the History of Pharmacy welcomes you to our special history session at PAC in Perth 2008.
But why are we sailing under the French Tricolour?
For those with just the briefest interest in the history of pharmacy, the Academy is contributing to the program with a special history session with speakers addressing the question of how medicines and drugs would have been used if the early French explorers to the western side of the Great South Land, had bothered to plant their flag and claim Western Australia for the Emperor 200 years ago.
The vast coastline of Western Australia is studded with French names and the stories of the fierce maritime rivalry between Britain and France make fascinating reading.
So, at PAC in Perth you will not only refresh your scientific and business minds, but you can also go home with a new found knowledge of the maritime history of our great country and perhaps an answer or two as to why we were ‘almost French’.
Noelene Bloomfield
To set the scene and describe the voyages to the Great South Land as Australia was then known, we have Noelene Bloomfield, from the School
of French Studies at UWA. She will present her poster display of five voyages by French explorers and the legacy of names they have left on the west coast.
Jim Howard RFD RANR
Jim will describe the illnesses experienced by sailors on the long voyages from Europe to the South Pacific and beyond. He will also look at
the treatments that were available to the ship’s surgeons of those times.
Kim Trouchet
Kim is the grandson of an early WA pharmacist and entrepreneur, Alex Trouchet.
The Trouchet family escaped from France as the time of the Revolution and settled in Mauritius before coming to Australia. Alex Trouchet started in Kalgoorlie and then opened pharmacies in Perth at several locations as well
as Broome. He was also involved in
a radio station and farming interests
in the South West, one venture into
‘electrolytic farming’ brought about his financial ruin, but he rose again phoenix like from the ashes.
This is going to be a great afternoon, and entry to this session is free, but please help us by advising of your attendance before hand and ensure you have a RED ticket pinned onto your jacket. This means you can also have afternoon tea before we hoist the mainsail.
It’s ‘Anchors away’ at 3.30 pm on Saturday October 25th 2008 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
Noelene Bloomfield
Noelene Bloomfield is a former Senior Lecturer and now a Research Fellow in European Languages and Studies, at
The University of Western Australia. She has travelled
many thousands of kilometres both in France and Australia, in the wake of various French navigators, such as Saint Aloüarn, La Pérouse, D’Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Hamelin and Freycinet, all of whom left a lasting ‘footprint’ on Western Australia’s early history.
Contact Noelene Bloomfield on
Jim Howard
careers as he left the permanent forces and joined the Reserves he continued to advance his naval career whilst he gained a Bachelor
of Economics with majors in Economics and Mathematics and a Masters Degree in Business Administration. For the past 12 years he has been the Managing Director of National Pharmacies and President of the Australia Friendly Society Pharmacy Association.
Kimberly Ross Trouchet
Kimberly Ross Trouchet is the grandson of Louis Joseph Alex Trouchet (known as Alex). Whilst Kim did not know his grandfather (who died in 1934 before he was born)
his father, Philip Alex Trouchet (known as Pat) told him many stories about Alex’s exploits, business ventures and adventures, many of which Kim will relate to you.
Kim was born in Melbourne, educated at Melbourne Grammar School and came to Western Australia for his final two years of schooling at Hale.
Kim is retired and spends much of his leisure golfing and fishing, on his farm in the southwest alongside the Deep River, Walpole.
Jim Howard
joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 16-year-old cadet midshipman over forty years ago and is still on the Reserve list for the Navy. He has had two parallel
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