1961 - ANZSBT History Project

Platelet fractionation developed & described.

TRANSFUSION journal (AABB) 1^st published with major focus on Karl Landsteiner.

Walsh publishes key MJA article on hospital transfusion services including role of ‘Hospital Transfusion Officers’.

1^st example of Rh null reported in Indigenous Australian.

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