Guest Speaker:
Associate Professor Greg de Moore
Australia’s greatest mental health achievement - the discovery of lithium for the treatment of bi-polar disorder – is the subject of this talk by psychiatrist and historian Greg de Moore.
Associate Professor Greg de Moore is an author, historian and consultant psychiatrist at Sydney's Westmead Hospital. Born in Melbourne of parents who migrated to Australia from Sri Lanka, Greg has lived in Sydney for over twenty years.
He was nominated for the national biography award for his 2008 book Tom Wills — First Wild Man of Australian Sport.
Greg's latest book is Finding Sanity. From the jungles of a Second World War prison camp to modern medicine, Finding Sanity is the story of Australia's greatest mental health achievement.
Kindly note that Ku-ring-gai Historical Society is following COVID-safe practices including QR code check-in, mask wearing and proof of vaccination for all attendees.
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The venue is Gordon Library Meeting Room No. 1, in the Old Gordon Public School, which adjoins the Gordon Library, 799 Pacific Highway, Gordon (corner Pacific Highway and Park Avenue).
It’s just a 5-minute walk from Gordon Station.
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