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- The Central Technical College was founded in 1908 and it provided an optom‐etry course in conjunction with the Registration Board from 1928. The Central Technical College evolved into the Queensland Institute of Technology in 1965, which in turn became the Queensland University of Technology in 1989.
- Wright C. History of Australian Optometry. Melbourne : Australian Optometrical Association, 1988, p 182.
- The British Optical Association was one of two optometry professional associations in England at the time. The other was an ancient guild, the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, which was founded in 1629. They ran professional examinations in optometry, leading to the qualifications of FBOA and FSMC, respectively. The Scottish Association also provided professional examinations in optometry. They joined forces in 1980 to form the College of Optometrists, which is the body currently responsible for professional examinations in the UK. The British Optical Association had run examinations in optometry from 1895 until it disbanded with the establishment of the College of Optometrists. The Fellowship of the British Optical Association was a primary qualification for optometrists in the UK. The BOA also offered an optional higher diploma, which Noel Verney completed. The BOA also had courses in specialist aspects of optometry, in contact lenses and in orthoptics, which led to post‐graduate diplomas.
- Hewett JL. Obituary: Noel Verney. Aust J Optom 1980; 63: 136.