Introduction:
Dr Eddie Wong of the Taiwan Institute of Chinese Medicine brought acupuncture to Australia in 1970.
The original members of this group (from memory) who studied acupuncture with him were:
Arthur Wright, Alex Popov, Ron Fenton, Mervyn Judge, William Burns, Paul Hoffmeister, Dean Rainer, Laurie Wadman, Brian Holt and Peter Derig whose clinic at Double Bay was the venue for the teaching.
Inaugural members of the Acupuncture Association of Australia
February 1972
| Ron Barnes (dec) | Bernard Lyle | Rod Steventon |
| Ed Devereaux | Anna Oldsen | Fred Weston |
| R Hopkins | Robert Smith (dec) | Arthur Wright |
| Richard Long | John Veltrop | Mary Collis |
Ellen O'Connell |
D H Whitlen | Ron Flint |
| Maurice Shapiro | Jean Bundeson |
A.W Lee |
| Bill Vayda (dec) | Ron Fenton | Leonie McMahon |
| SF Wood | Steve Imbruglia | R Purkiss |
| Barry F Brest | Reg Markham | Will Stoevelaar |
| Peter Derig | Lorraine Peers | Michael Ward |
| G Hanford |
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