Mission started in Australia in 1913 helped to ease the suffering of those with this illness throughout the 20th century. Get an overview.

Pioneer dentist Harold Vernon Mattingley was known as the dentist on a camel. Read about his life and see photographs compiled by his son.

Read articles about Australia's medical history published in the journal of the Australian Academy of Medicine and Surgery and organized by year.

Find out how the disease resulted in so many deaths in such a sparsely populated region during the 1800s and how it has been fought in the 1900s.

Detailed resource overviews the history of medicine and public health in Australia. Find out about fever, quackery, and the ravages of war.

Sample this exhibit at the Medical History Museum outlining what medicine was like during Australia's colonial days.

Access a history of the Alice Springs hospital set up by John Flynn to provide medical care to the inhabitants of the outback.