Identity area
Type of entity
Professional association
Authorized form of name
Dietitians Association of Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Australian Association of Dietitians
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1976 -
History
The organisation's predecessor, the Australian Association of Dietitians, was registered in the Australian Capital Territory on 5 January 1976. Branches operated in each state and territory encompassing offices that had existed before the formation of the national body. The organisation's name was changed to the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) on 7 May 1983. In September 1994 the DAA passed a by-law to provide for the credential, Accredited Practising Dietitian - available to those dietitians who meet the required criteria. Since 1987, the DAA has published an official peer-reviewed journal, Nutrition and Dietetics. This includes the Journal of Dietitians New Zealand. Prior to this, the Commonwealth Department of Health published the Journal of Food and Nutrition (originally as Food and Nutrition Notes and Reviews in 1944).
Places
National Office: Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Representation for dietitians.
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered from deposit description on 6 August 2012; revised 15 October 2012
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Sources
DAA website, http://daa.asn.au/ (accessed on 6 August 2012)
The History of Dietetics in Australia by Heather Nash (1989)