Brothers, Charles Ronald David (1905 - 1963)

Through word of mouth the collection greatly expanded as institutions began sending Brothers their old artefacts directly. The collection reached over 700 objects and was housed in the Charles Brothers Museum at the Mental Health Library. The Museum closed in the late 1980s and most of its items were split between the Public Records Office of Victoria, Museum Victoria and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Some items still remain unaccounted for.

Chronology

1927 - 1928	Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1929 - 1936	Medical Officer at the Victorian Department of Mental Hygiene
1936	Honorary Psychiatrist at the Royal Hobart Hospital
1936	Medical Superintendent at Lachlan Park Mental Hospital
1941	Honorary Major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
1946	Chairman of the Mental Deficiency Board
1946	Director of the State Psychological Clinic
1946 - 1951	Director of Mental Hygiene, Tasmania
1950	Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1950	President of the Australian Association of Psychiatrists
1951 - 1963	Deputy director of the State Mental Hygiene Authority, Victoria