Corporate Body
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (1936 - )
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 17 September 1936
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Funding Source or Body, Advisory or regulatory body and Health Industry
- Website
- http://www7.health.gov.au/nhmrc/
- Reference No
- CA 514
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
The National Health and Medical Research Council was established in September 1936, for the purpose of advising both Commonwealth and State Governments in matters concerning health, including legislation, administration and expenditure. From their Web site, June 2001: "The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) consolidates within a single national organisation the often independent functions of research funding and development of advice."
Related entries
Subordinate
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records, 1949 - 2000, 2004.0043 at U77/46-55; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Leithhead, Barry, A vision for Australia's health: Dr Cecil Cook at work (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2019), 358 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- 'The National Health and Medical Research Council and Ethical Regulation: a Short History', Australian Health Review, 9 (3) (1986), 234-238. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6973022. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/144832510. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1494697. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 514; National Health and Medical Research Council. Registration of entity: 17 January 1975', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20514. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_n.html. Details
- Layman, Lenore, 'Saint, Eric Galton (1918-1989), Professor of Medicine' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 384-5. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/saint-eric-galton-15614. Details
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Created: 31 March 2000, Last modified: 3 January 2012
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