The Contact Lens Society of Australia 1961–75:notes on its formation and early development

Abstract

The Contact Lens Society of Australia is an active learned society, currendy celebrating its 30th anniversary. Its chief objectives are to promote scientific research in the field of contact lenses and to encourage communication among persons engaged in the fitting of contact lenses. While the activities of the society have occasionally appeared in professional journals, a full account of its history has not previously been published. This paper covers the events leading to the inception of the society in 1962, and records its achievements between that year and 1975. In particular, incidents such as the failed first attempt to start the society in 1947, and the suspicion about the society at its inception by other organisations, as well as the success of the international congresses, are considered.

Key words:

• Contact Lens Society of Australia
• optometric history
• Penrhyn Thomas

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