Geoffrey Kaye Oration
After the death of Dr Geoffrey Kaye in 1986, the Society decided to honour his memory by naming all future presidential addresses as the Geoffrey Kaye Oration which is traditionally delivered at the NSC.
The following is a full list of the ASA Presidents and their presidential addresses where available.
Presidential addresses
| Date | Name | State | Presidential Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Dr Andrew Miller | WA | Dr Andrew Miller Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2019-21 | Dr Suzi Nou | VIC | Dr Suzi Nou Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2018-19 | Dr Peter Seal | VIC | No oration |
| 2016-18 | A/Prof David M Scott | NSW | A/Prof David M Scott Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2014-16 | Dr Guy Christie-Taylor | SA | Dr Guy Christie-Taylor Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2012-14 | Dr Richard Grutzner | VIC | Dr Richard Grutzner Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2010-12 | Dr Andrew Mulcahy | TAS | Dr Andrew Mulcahy Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2008-10 | Dr Elizabeth M. Feeney | NSW | No oration |
| 2006–08 | Dr Richard Clarke | WA | Dr Richard Clarke Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2004-06 | Dr Gregory Deacon | NSW | Dr Gregory Deacon Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2002-04 | Dr James D. Bradley | QLD | Dr James D. Bradley Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 2000-02 | Dr Michael John Hind Hodgson | TAS | Dr Michael John Hind Hodgson Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1998-00 | Dr Rod M Westhorpe | VIC | Dr Rod M Westhorpe Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1996-98 | Dr Wally Ross Thompson | WA | Dr Wally Ross Thompson Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1994-96 | Dr Gregory Wotherspoon | NSW | Dr Gregory Wotherspoon Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1992-94 | Dr John William Hains | QLD | Dr John William Hains Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1990-92 | Dr John D Richards | SA | Dr John D Richards Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1988-90 | Dr John Winter Ashton | VIC | Dr John Winter Ashton Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1986-88 | Dr Benedict J. Barry | NSW | Dr Benedict J. Barry Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1984-85 | Dr Ian Matheson Stevens | SA | Dr Stevens 1986 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1982-84 | Dr Donald Charles Maxwell | NSW | Dr Maxwell 1984 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1980-82 | Dr Robert M Hare | VIC | Dr Hare 1982 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1978-80 | Dr David Henry McConnel | QLD | Dr McConnel 1980 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1976-78 | Dr Peter Brine | WA | Dr Brine 1978 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1974-76 | Dr Brian J Pollard KCSG | NSW | Dr Pollard 1976 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1972-74 | Dr Patrick A Maplestone | VIC | Dr Maplestone 1974 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1970-72 | Dr Malcolm Creswell Newland | SA | Dr Newland 1972 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1968-70 | Dr Robert Bradley Speirs | NSW | No oration |
| 1966-68 | Dr Patricia Mackay OAM | VIC | Dr Mackay 1967 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1965-66 | Dr Brian Eric Dwyer | NSW | No oration |
| 1964-65 | Dr Margaret McClelland | VIC | No oration |
| 1963-64 | Dr Roger A Bennett | QLD | No oration |
| 1962-63 | Dr Leonard Thomas Shea | NSW | Dr Shea 1963 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1960-62 | Dr Reginald Abbott Lewis | TAS | No oration |
| 1958-60 | Dr John Barker | SA | No oration |
| 1956-58 | Dr Thomas Pilkington Crankshaw | VIC | Dr Crankshaw 1957 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1954-55 | Dr James Fishbourne McCulloch | NSW | Dr McCulloch 1955 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1953-54 | Dr Mary Taylor Burnell | SA | Dr Burnell 1954 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1952-53 | Dr Eric Neville Harle Gandevia | VIC | Dr Gandevia 1953 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1951-52 | Dr Stuart Vance Marshall | NSW | Dr Marshall 1952 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1950-51 | Dr Arnold William Robertson | QLD | Dr Robertson 1951 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1949-50 | Dr Douglas George Renton | VIC | Dr Renton 1950 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1948-49 | Dr Ernest Robert Beech | WA | No oration |
| 1947-48 | Dr Robert Hamilton Orton | VIC | Dr Orton 1948 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1946-47 | Dr Harry J Daly | NSW | Dr Daly 1947 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1939-46 | Dr Gilbert Reynolds Troup | WA | Dr Troup 1937 Geoffrey Kaye Oration |
| 1934-39 | Dr Gilbert Brown | SA | No oration |
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We welcome visitors to the Harry Daly Museum and Richard Bailey Library, free of charge. To ensure that we can accommodate your visit, appointments must be made in advance.
Operating hours: Monday to Wednesday, 10am-4pm.
Location: Australian Society of Anaesthetists, 86 Chandos Street, Naremburn 2065, Sydney, New South Wales.
History and Research Unit
The History of Anaesthesia Library, Museum and Archives Committee (HALMA) and now HARU was formed in June 1996.
HARU serves as a steering committee for these three historical facilities.
The Committee meets four times a year to address relevant issues and to expand the services provided by the Museum, Library and Archives.