The Second World War reconfigured the structures and conduct of medical research in Australia. Destabilised by the de[arture of senior investigators over 1943-45, the local infrastructure faced a crisis. Coinciding with shifting military fortunes, this rupture also aligned with new political possibilities in planning for a 'postwar' world. From late 1942, both a mobilisation mentality and a rethinking of national health as a commonwealth responsibility created novel opportunities for the generation of knowledge. Departing from interwar models, in which scientific inquiries were bound tightly to applied outcomes, from 1943 a new sense of free inquiry suffused Australian medical researc. This 'postwar' conception signified a new epistemology, positioning the generation and circulation of untethered knowledge as a public good.
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