Pharmacy History
Inspection of pharmacies
With the new Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Program set to replace the Quality Care Pharmacy Program later this year, we look back to March 1936 edition of the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy …
Unqualified dispensers practicing in the colony
Untrained individuals managing apothecaries and tales of poisonings captured the headlines in the AJP’s third edition The year is 1886, and a Hobart-based pharmacist writing under the nom de plume, Vaseline, is raising …
Pharmacy and photography: a trip down memory lane
For generations of Australians a visit to their local pharmacy was a final stop at the end of a beach holiday or a family get together, dropping off their photographic …
Flashback Friday: an embarrassing shortage
It’s 1956, and one magistrate complains that “These fellows might be good chemists, but they are rotten bookkeepers” In our 29 February, 1956 edition, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reported …
The end of an era
The end is nigh for a 156-year pharmacy lineage committed to community-based health care for marginalised and vulnerable people, says John Jackson Disadvantaged members of the community, especially those with …
‘The Organ of Pharmacy’
We travel back to 1906 when a new-look AJP covered a raft of news items, including restrictions on the sale of photographic materials and advice on staff hours. The Australasian …
Illegal prescribing – alien doctor fined
Unregistered doctor has Valentine’s Day to forget with £5 fine for illegal prescribing It’s February 1946 and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is reporting that an Austrian-trained medic has fallen foul of …
Rehabilitation of pharmacy
It is February 1936 and community pharmacy needs “revolution, not rehabilitation”, according to one AJP reader Victorian pharmacist, CJ Richards warns that challenges facing community pharmacy can be attributed to “older pharmacists” who failed …
Sharing a long history: the AJP and pharmacy
For 140 years, the AJP has documented the history of pharmacy in Australia. Its purpose has always been, and remains, to support pharmacists and the profession of pharmacy Here is …
Pharmacy during a world war
The second world war was drawing to an end in 1945, but its impact was still very much being felt in Australian pharmacies. Here are some of our articles during …
Flashback Friday: Who can sell poisons?
It’s the early 20th century, and the new-look AJP has a focus on regulation of drugs like cyanide, arsenic and opium The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy’s 1906 dawned with “a …
The top 10: Pharmacy history
The AJP is celebrating its 140th birthday. Here’s the best read articles in 2025 from our weekly history column, featuring stories from the pages of AJP Staff shortages persist (April …