THE HISTORY OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION

Early in 1905 a meeting was called in Sydney to discuss the establishment of an organization to protect persons practising the profession of massage. In August of that year the Australasian Massage Association came into being, with Professor Thomas Anderson Stuart as president, and a committee consisting of Dr. Charles Blackburn, Matron Rose Creal (Sydney Hospital), Matron Jean MacMaster (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital), Dr. Roth, Mr. Unmack, and Mr. Smith, with Miss L. E. Armstrong as honorary secretary and Dr. Grace Boelke as honorary treasurer. Dr. Blackburn (now Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn, Chancellor of the University of Sydney) has retained his interest through the years and has honoured the New South Wales Branch by becoming its patron.