Pharmacists

Pharmacists were known as pharmaceutical chemists, homoeopathic chemists or druggists historically.

Pharmacists may have trained at a university or college. See Universities.

Pharmacists are employed in hospitals and mental asylums. See Hospitals. Also see Mental Asylums.

Also see Business Records.

REGISTRATION

The registration of pharmacists began in Victoria in 1876. Unregistered people were prevented from practising pharmacy from this time. After this changes to the pharmaceutical register appear at times in the Victorian Government Gazette. Lists of registered pharmaceutical chemists appeared annually in January in the Victorian Government Gazette from 1899. See Victorian Government Gazettes.

Public Record Office Victoria has the following:

• pharmaceutical registers 1877-2010 (VPRS 16384)
• registers of apprentices for indenture 1892-1960 (VPRS 1783)
• examination results 1877-1938 (VPRS 1868)

These are not online.

Public Record Office Victoria has records of the Pharmacy Board of Victoria 1877-2010 (VA 1349, VA 4877).

These are not online.

AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION AGENCY - REGISTER OF PRACTITIONERS

At present in order to practise pharmacists need to be registered.

www.ahpra.gov.au/registration/registers-of-practitioners.aspx

WEBSITE

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - RESEARCHING YOUR ANCESTORS' OCCUPATIONS: HEALTH

This lists resources held by the state library relating to health professionals.

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/c.php?g=435343&p=2968009