The Swan River Colony and it’s colonial hospital were founded by the British in 1829. They celebrated their joint 150th anniversary in 1979 as the State of Western Australia and the Royal Perth Hospital. This book traces the history of Perth’s leading teaching and research medical institution from the leaky tent which served the first colonial surgeon as both office and home, to the present multi-storied building. ex-library copy with usual marks, but clean, tight and otherwise unmarked #0817R