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Health services in the Northern Territory : a history 1824-1970

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Kettle, Ellen; Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit

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Incorporates a comprehensive history of the changing health status, attitudes to Aboriginal people and their health and the establishment of medical services; many Northern Territory communities and missions mentioned.

dc.contributor.authorKettle, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorAustralian National University. North Australia Research Unit
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-26T03:50:58Z
dc.date.available2008-05-26T03:50:58Z
dc.identifier.isbn0 7315 1182 4 (v. 1)
dc.identifier.isbn0 7315 1183 2 (v. 2)
dc.identifier.isbn0 7315 1181 6 (set)
dc.identifier.otherb17794365
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/46992
dc.description.abstractIncorporates a comprehensive history of the changing health status, attitudes to Aboriginal people and their health and the establishment of medical services; many Northern Territory communities and missions mentioned.
dc.format.extent2 v. : ill ; 25 cm.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherBrinkin, NT : The Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit (NARU)
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectNorthern Territory
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectMedical care
dc.subjectAustralian Aborigines
dc.subjectHealth and hygiene
dc.titleHealth services in the Northern Territory : a history 1824-1970
dc.typeBook
local.description.refereedno
local.rights.ispublishedyes
dc.date.issued1991
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationKettle, Ellen S., North Australia Research Unit (NARU), ANU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.description.tableofcontentsCONTENTS Vol 1: 1. European Settlement 1824-1849 -- 2. Port Darwin-Palmerston 1869 -- 3. South Australian control to 1910 -- 4. The turbulent years 1911-1926 -- 5. The Cook era 1928-1939 -- 6. Missions in the top end -- 7. The isolation of Alice Springs - the early years -- 8. The Australian Inland Mission Hospital at Alice Springs -- 9. Central Australia 1920-1941 -- 10. Hermannsburg -- 11. Prelude to war in the North: 1937-1941 -- 12. The war in the Pacific 1942-1945 -- 13. Health services in Alice Springs during the War years -- 14. American hospitals in the top end 1942-1945.
dc.description.tableofcontentsCONTENTS Vol 2: 15. The postwar era: beginning again -- 16. Aerial Medical Service, Darwin -- 17. The Leprosarium -- 18. Aborigines and Measles, 1948-1949 -- 19. Epidemic and endemic diseases -- 20. Missions and settlements: the Top End -- 21. Central Australia: missions and settlements -- 22. Alice Springs Hospital – 1950-1970 -- 23. Community health services – Alice Springs -- 24. Darwin Hospital -- 25. Katherine Hospital -- 26. Tennant Creek Hospital -- 27. Training and employment of Aborigines -- 28. Community health services in Darwin -- 29. The Dental Service -- 30. The mining towns -- 31. Health care in the Outback.
CollectionsANU North Australia Research Unit (NARU)

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