Corporate Body

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (1934 - 2002)

From

1934
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

To

2002

Functions

Advisory or regulatory body and Medical Research

Alternative Names

Cancer Council of Victoria

Website

http://www.cancervic.org.au/

Reference No

VA 1230

Legal Status

Public Record Office Victoria, Registered Agency

Location

1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton Victoria 3053

Summary

The Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria was set up as a charitable body in 1936 by an Act of the Victorian Parliament (6213). The Act was revised and updated in 1958 (The Cancer Act 1958). Since 2002, the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria has been operating under the business name of The Cancer Council Victoria.

Related People

Dunlop, Ernest Edward (1907 - 1993)
Chairman of the Executive Committee 1974 - 1980
Gray, Nigel (1928 - 2014)
Director 1968 - 1995
Keogh, Esmond Venner (1895 - 1970)
Medical Director 1955 - 1968
MacCallum, Peter (1885 - 1974)
Chairman of the executive-committee 1946 - 1963
MacKay, Charles Vincent (1880 - 1953)
Mitchell, Christina Anne
Member, 2001 - 2010
Scott, Rutherford Kaye (Kaye) (1904? - 1991)
Foundation Member 1937

Published resources

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-595306. Details

Resource Sections

'VA 1230 Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2002, https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA1230. Details

Digital resources

Title: Anti-Cancer Council, appreciation letter, 30 May 1938
Type: Image

Details

Title: City of St Kilda, Mayor's letter, 9 August 1937
Type: Image

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Title: Anti-Cancer Council (Appeals Committee) general objectives
Type: Image

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Title: Anti-Cancer Council, quota letter, 5 March 1937
Type: Image

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Title: War on Cancer pamplet
Type: Image

Details

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