Catalogue Number: 1711 Handbooks of the course of optometric science Category: Papers Sub-Category: Optometry course handbook, syllabi Institution: Australian College of Optometry Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1948 to 1960 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Publisher/Manufacturer: Australian College of Optometry Description Of Item: Handbooks of the course of Optometric Science of the Australian College of Optometry 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955-1956, 1957-1958, 1960. Historical Significance: These handbooks provide detail of the Melbourne optometry course from 1948 up to the time the course became a degree course in the University of Melbourne in 1961 from which time the course handbooks were published by the University. See also cat No 103. The first formal handbook of the course appears to be that published in 1948 even though the course started in 1940 and the first diplomates graduated in 1944.ONE COPY ON DISPLAY NATHAN LIBRARY ENTRANCE FOYER SOUTH DISPLAY How Acquired: Donated by John Nathan, honorary life member of the College Date Acquired: 2009 Condition: Very good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 4 |