[UMA-SR-000000125] Cancer Institute Board, Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000000125Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentSince 1943 Prof R. D. Wright and Peter MacCallum were actively advocating for the establishment of a specialist cancer hospital but met great opposition from the hospital establishment. Wright maintained a public campaign in the newspapers, which ultimately brought enough pressure to bear on the then Victorian Minister for Health, Albert Dunstan to announce the allocation of £500,000 to establish The Cancer Institute Board. The Cancer Institute Board was established by an Act of Parliament of the State of Victoria (1948). The first meeting sat in April 1949, with Prof R.D. Wright as the chairman. In 1950 an outpatient clinic was established and named in honour of Professor Peter MacCallum. In Sep. 1977 the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute opened the Douglas Wright Wing recognising his life-long commitment to research and cancer therapies. With lobbying from Prof R. D. Wright the name was changed, in 1986, from the Cancer Institute Board to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. Files in this group are from Accessions (1979.0033) (1968.0003)Collection CategoryUniversity, individualsAccess StatusAccess restrictions apply for some itemsRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorWright, Roy Douglas

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Date1941-1991

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Previous System ID1968.0003.00116Other IDsAcc. 79/33

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[UMA-SR-000000125] Cancer Institute Board, Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic