Trainor/Owen Collection
Gun shot in hand.
First skiagraph for medical purposes
First skiagraph for medical purposes
Instruments Used in Surgery and Medicine (1897)
From the Brady & Martin Catalogue
The major holdings of the collection include:
- RANZCR administrative records such as:
- Council and Executive Minutes and Agendas (1935 to date )
- Education Board Minutes and Agendas (1946 to date )
- Annual reports (1935 to date )
- Correspondence files (1947-1973)
- Selected Branch minutes and correspondence files (1935-1989).
- Personal papers:
- Dr James Syme (1935-1991)
- Dr Robert Gardner (1923-1957)
- Dr Roy Sear (1909-1962)
- Dr Jim Ryan (1963-2004)
- Dr DG Maitland (1900-1970)
- Dr Charles Augustus Edwards (1852-1929)
- Dr Robert Augustin Gardner (1892-1963)
- Copy of Röntgen’s original report of his discovery
- Apparatus including X-ray machines, glass tubes, goggles and meters
- X-rays – human and veterinary
- Medals, photographs and postage stamps
- Rare books such as Morton, WJ The X-Ray or Photography of the Invisible (New York, 1896)
60th anniversary of the College
Poster of a lecture given by
CA Edwards in 1906
At the Combined Scientific Meeting in Brisbane in October 2009, a special archive display was set up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the College. The items from the display can be viewed here.
The Trainor/Owen Collection is open by appointment on Wednesday from 9 am – 4.30 pm (by appointment).
Contact the Archivist on +61 2 9268 9725 or email archives@ranzcr.edu.au.



