Medical Career
Refshauge studied medicine at the University of Sydney, and after graduating, worked in NSW hospitals and later at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern (Sydney). He helped establish Aboriginal Medical Services in Wilcannia (NSW) and Kempsey (NSW). In 1973 Refshauge and others founded the Doctors Reform Society of Australia, a left-leaning group advocating for health care improvements.
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