Corporate Body

Queensland Institute of Medical Research (1945 - 2013)

State of Queensland

From
1945
Herston, Queensland, Australia
To
2013
Functions
Medical Research
Website
http://www.qimr.edu.au
Reference No
Queensland State Archives Agency ID: 3495
Location
The Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006

Summary

The Queensland Institute of Medical Research was established in 1945. It was the brainchild of Dr Edward Derrick, an early Director of the Queensland State Health Department Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology. It became one of Australia's top medical research and teaching institutes. In 2013 Toowoomba philanthropist Clive Berghofer donated $50.1 million to the Institute, the largest donation by an individual in Australian history. The Institute name was changed to QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and a new Central building is completed.

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 1945 - 2013 Queensland Institute of Medical Research
       2013 - QIMR Clive Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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Published resources

Books

  • Grant-Campbell, Heather, Over a lifetime: 70 years of Medical Research (Herston, Qld: QIMR Berghofer Nedical Research Institute, 2015), 95 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Derrick, E. H., 'The birth of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research', Medical Journal of Australia, 1972, v.2 (21 October) (1972), 952-9. Details
  • Kidson, Chev, 'The Queensland Institute of Medical Research', Medical Journal of Australia, 142 (1985), 355-359. Details

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See also

  • Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
  • Sriprakash, Kadaba S.; and Good, Michael F., 'David James Kemp 1945 - 2013', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 273-90, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14022. Details

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