muttaburra

Doctor Arrata outside the Muttaburra Hospital, ca. 1948

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Dr. Joseph Andrew Arratta was born in 1899 in Mount Morgan. He was the sixth child in a family of ten, the son of a San Francisco born father and Tambo born mother. He attended school in Rockhampton at the Christian Brothers College and was Dux in 1916. He received one of only twenty university scholarships awarded to Queenslanders that year and in 1917 he began his medical studies at Sydney University. He graduated in 1922 and was a resident at Sydney Hospital until 1924. The following year, Dr. Arratta applied for a position as the Government Medical Officer at Muttaburra in central-west Queensland. His starting salary was £500 per year with a free (unfurnished) house and the right of private practice. Source; www.muttaburra.com/family-histories/dr-joseph-arratta/

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  ABOUT DR ARRATTA MUSEUM Located in the picturesque town of Muttaburra, home to the Muttaburrasaurus is the Dr Arratta Hospital Museum. The museum houses an array of medical artefacts and historical memorabilia. Take a step back in time and see how medicine has evolved throughout the years. Guided tours of the Museum can be arranged by calling into the Muttaburra Visitor Information Centre or contacting the phone numbers at the Museum. Source; www.outbackqueensland.com.au/attractions/dr-arratta-museum/