Albury's remarkable radiation pioneers | Then and Now

By Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
July 31 2021 - 2:27pm
PIONEER: Dr Kennedy should be recognised as the first experimenter in Australia to use X-rays for the treatment of cancer.
PIONEER: Dr Kennedy should be recognised as the first experimenter in Australia to use X-rays for the treatment of cancer.

Wilhelm Roentgen discovered Roentgen rays (X-rays) in Wurzburg, Germany in November 1895. Their use in Albury was first demonstrated less than a year later.

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