Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
356 results
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • Zantedeschia aethiopica (L)Spreng. Calla lily, Arum lily. Half hardy annual. Distribution: South Africa. The genus name commemorates Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) an Italian physician and botanist. Born in Molina he studied medicine in Verona and Padua. He corresponded with the German botanist, Kurt Sprengel, who named the genus Zantedeschia in his honour in 1826, separating it from Calla, where, as C. aethiopica, it had been previously described by Linnaeus. He had broad interests, including the effect of different parts of the spectrum of light on plant growth, reporting in 1843, that red, orange and yellow light are heliotropically inactive. The botanic museum in Molina is dedicated to his memory. Aethiopica, merely means 'African'. The leaves are used as a warm poultice for headaches in ‘muthi’ medicine. It has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia. It was introduced, as a greenhouse plant, to Europe in the mid-17th century, where the long lasting flowers are popular in flower arranging and for weddings and funerals – a curious combination (Oakeley, 2012). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Thomas Dewhurst Jennings, seated on two dining chairs. Photograph, 1884.
  • An Aboriginal medicine man or shaman from the Kakadu tribe sucking the illness from a patient. Process print after B. Spencer, 1914.
  • Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales: members of Life Saving Clubs put on a display at a surf carnival. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • An Australian lily (Doryanthes excelsa) picked in New South Wales. Photograph, 1882.
  • Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia, Sydney, 1892: delegates: group portrait. Photograph of a photomontage, 1892.
  • A naked man lies on a bed with his arms resting on the pillow representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Australian AIDS Council with a list of regional council telephone numbers. Colour lithograph.
  • Sydney, New South Wales: the quarantine station: view from the mainland showing the isolation hospital and the jetty. Reproduction of a photograph, 1880/1910 (?).
  • The Gold Coast, Queensland: a yellow fever isolation camp: rows of tents with palm trees to one side. Photograph 1870/1900.
  • Two people reach out to touch the tree of life and hope surrounded by dragonflies, frogs, birds and a butterfly representing an Aboriginal depiction of the cycle of life and the role people must play to ensure an AIDS free future. Colour lithograph by Zane Saunders, March 1993.
  • A group of men look up as they join arms in a ring representing an advertisement for the Positive Support Network for people living with HIV/AIDS by ACT PLWA and the AIDS Action Council. Colour lithograph.
  • A list of family members and a message that AIDS affects everybody against strips of colours; advertisement created for the Red Ribbon Project in conjunction with World AIDS Day by the Victorian AIDS Council. Colour lithograph by Barbara Graham, 1995.
  • A couple kiss with a message about safe sex by the Victorian AIDS Council. Lithograph, 1990.
  • A couple make love inside the head of a man with cans, bottles and cartons on the left and a syringe and drug paraphernalia on the right; a reminder about the dangers of not using condoms by the AIDS Action Council, ACT. Colour lithograph by KMcC, 1991.
  • A son hugs his mother with a message about how she came to terms with him being gay; advertisement by the AFAO [Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations] and Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre. Colour lithograph.
  • No condom : no way! : you can't cure AIDS, you can only be careful.
  • A group of men hold another up with their arms representing an advertisement for an HIV Peer support group by the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.
  • Three couples standing with their arms around each other, the faces of three couples touching each other and three single men and women each wearing the AIDS awareness red ribbon; an advertisement for the Red Ribbon Project and World AIDS Day by the Victorian AIDS Council. Colour lithograph by Barbara Graham.
  • Words relating to sex litter the page between swirling patterns; representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Paull McKee.
  • The faces of HIV Positive men and women with a message that HIV does not discriminate but people do; advertisement by the National AIDS Campaign and Australian National Council on AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • The AIDS Red ribbon with a safety pin and message to wear it to make the difference; advertisement by the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • Two men lying in bed together with packets of condoms and a bottle of lubricant representing an advertisement for safe gay sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Keith Giles.
  • The back view of a naked person being caressed by a man advertising safe sex to prevent HIV transmission. Victorian AIDS Council and Gay Men's Health Centre. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A central circle with four penis-like extensions surrounded by numerous small circles and flower shapes in each corner; one of a series of Aboriginal posters entitled 'Everybody's Business' concerning 'Education about AIDS' commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health. Colour lithograph by Bronwyn Bancroft, 1992.