Melbourne in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1918 to 1934. The most recorded lives are Macfarlane Burnet, Arthur Conan Doyle and John Eccles.

Notable people

1. Alfred Deakin

   in 1919

   1 moment here

   Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…

2. Arthur Conan Doyle

   in 1920

   1 moment here

   Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…

3. John Eccles

   in 1920

   1 moment here

   Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

4. Macfarlane Burnet

   from 1918 to 1934

   3 moments here

   Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

Moments

1. 1918 University and Ormond College residence Macfarlane Burnet
2. 1919 Death at South Yarra home Alfred Deakin
3. 1920 Medical student in Melbourne John Eccles
4. 1920 Spiritualist lectures in Melbourne Arthur Conan Doyle
5. 1928 Return to Melbourne and Hall Institute work Macfarlane Burnet
6. 1934 Return to Melbourne as assistant director Macfarlane Burnet

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