Member, Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch Dental History Preservation Committee, Bowen Hills, Brisbane.
University of Queensland Oral Health Center Herston, Brisbane.
J Hist Dent. 2022 Winter;70(3):148-177.
Many commentators argue that, until the 1980s, Brisbane and Queensland were cultural backwaters within the Australian context. However, with the hosting of the highly successful (1982) and (1988) and with the development of the Queensland Cultural (1976-) and South Bank (1974-) Precincts, Brisbane and Queensland cast aside perennial apologism to acquire prominence, maturity, and self-respect. Within these national, state, and municipal settings, the theme, timing, and venue for the (1985) involved risk. Enter a Brisbane dental practitioner, Colin Robertson: a theater critic and a scriptwriter, who possessed competitive and entrepreneurial streaks, a vivid imagination, a steely resolve, and a love of golf. Robertson became an erudite, incisive, and prolific commentator, who penned much of the historical musical (aka ) for the abovementioned congress. He contributed to an outstanding Dental Health Week (1980), served on the Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch Council (1981), its Fluoridation Committee (1973) and chaired both its Oral Health Education Committee (1981) and the Congressional Entertainment Division within the Congress Organizing Committee (1982-1985). Accordingly, the authors use historical methods to expose and explore a scarcely acknowledged narrative within dental history in Queensland.
许多评论家认为，直到 20 世纪 80 年代，布里斯班和昆士兰州在澳大利亚的背景下仍然是文化的落后地区。然而，随着 1982 年和 1988 年成功举办[城市名称]和[城市名称]（1976-）和南岸（1974-）区的发展，布里斯班和昆士兰州摒弃了长期以来的自我辩解，获得了突出地位、成熟度和自尊心。在这些国家、州和市级环境中，[年份]（1985 年）的主题、时间和地点涉及风险。进入一位布里斯班的牙科医生科林·罗伯逊（Colin Robertson）：一位戏剧评论家兼编剧，他具有竞争和创业精神、丰富的想象力、钢铁般的决心和对高尔夫的热爱。罗伯逊成为一位博学、犀利、多产的评论家，为上述大会撰写了大部分历史音乐剧（又名）。他为杰出的口腔健康周（1980 年）做出了贡献，曾在澳大利亚牙科协会昆士兰州分会理事会（1981 年）任职，该协会的氟化委员会（1973 年）以及口腔健康教育委员会（1981 年）和大会组织委员会内的国会娱乐分会（1982-1985 年）担任主席。因此，作者使用历史方法揭示和探索了昆士兰州牙科历史中一个鲜为人知的叙述。
