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Trevor Norman Cutter was born on 13 June 1945, and studied medicine at Monash University obtaining his MB BS in 1973. He spent two years as a resident medical officer in Lae during 1970, and Goroka and Port Moresby in 1971.
In 1972, he returned to Melbourne as medical registrar at the Alfred Hospital. In 1974, he spent three months in Ethiopia and on his return decided that he would not pursue further training in haematology but would pursue the major interest of his life, which was the care of Aboriginal people. He therefore went to Alice Springs where he worked for the next 10 years. He set up the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, which owed its success to him.
In 1985, he returned to Melbourne as director of the Aboriginal Medical Service, and just before his death had been appointed senior lecturer in community medicine at Monash University. He gained membership and fellowship of the RACP in 1973, and and 1976 respectively. At the time of his death he was a medical director of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Cooperative in Fitzroy.