CENTREFOLD NIGHTCLUB
In 1975, Geoffrey Edelsten established a nightclub which he called "Centrefold". It was located in the heart of Sydney’s entertainment district. The site had previously been a licensed club. It was the largest club of its type in Sydney, and could accommodate more than 2,000 people.
MEDICAL CAREER
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1 Intern
During Edelsten’s intern year he showed his penchant for innovation and business by rostering his colleagues to provide relief (locum) work for surrounding private practices.
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BACKGROUND
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1 Childhood
Geoffrey Edelsten was born opposite the Carlton Football ground at Princes Park in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne. He was the elder son of Esther and Hymie Edelsten.
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"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
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There are two matters associated with commercial aviation, and particularly, involving Australia’s national carrier, Qantas.
Government regulation permits only Qantas and United Airlines to fly directly to the United State’s West Coast. Whilst Qantas flies Melbourne to Los Angeles directly, United conducts its flights via Sydney.
Geoffrey Edelsten is a medical entrepreneur who has been widely credited[1,2] with revolutionising general practice in Australia and commencing corporate medical practice, extended-hours medical centres, and championing bulk-billing in Australia when its introduction was controversial and divisive. Bulk-billing is the term used when a patient attends a general practitioner
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The Exhibition of Anatomy
University of Melbourne
Awarded to Geoffrey Edelsten on the 4th April, 1963
Bacteriology – First Class Honours
University of Melbourne
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Intern
During Edelsten’s intern year he showed his penchant for innovation and business by rostering his colleagues to provide relief (locum) work for surrounding private practices. Edelsten also commenced the first home visiting service in Melbourne. This was Melbourne’s first after-hours medical deputising service.
Edelsten in the U.S.A.
In 1976, Edelsten went to the U.S.A. West Coast for the first time and fell in love with Beverly Hills and Los Angeles.
Edelsten returned shortly after his vacation determined to spend more of his time in the U.S.A.
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