Alice Springs NT

Bill Robertson
Dip.App.Sci.Opt (QIT 1982)
Grad.Dip.Mgt. (UNE 1998)
Grad.Cert.Oc.Ther. (QUT 2006)

Bill commenced his career in optometry in 1982 in Fremantle WA in a private family group practice. He worked in suburban Perth and also carried out trips to the wheat belt country towns over a four year period. Gaining registration qualifications for the U.K. he worked for a total of 5 years in and around London. This included working in a specialized contact lens practice on Harley Street and running a busy practice as Senior Optometrist in Cambridgeshire.

With his wife Trudy, he moved to Alice Springs in 1989 soon after their marriage. The position was to manage Laubman and Pank which became a 10 year posting that included running a very busy town practice as well as many bush trips to Tennant Creek, Yulara and a large number of aboriginal communities.

After a working holiday to the UK, Bill opened this independent optometry practice in Hartley Street Alice Springs in 2002. The practice has always had an overriding emphasis on quality and trustworthy eyecare, thorough eye examination techniques with the most state of art technology and genuine friendly and efficient service to all clients. Bill Robertson Optometrists uses the best laboratories in Australia to ensure that the quality of the products dispensed is of the highest standard.

Bill has continued to prescribe a great number of contact lenses for all types of eye disorders and his training in London with complex hard contact lenses has led to the ability to correct many disorders where no other mode is possible. The corneal topographer instrument in the practice is essential for these complicated fittings. His other professional interests include eye pathology, sports vision and outreach optometry to remote central Australia.

Bill and Trudy have four adult children and Bills out of work interests include mountain biking, tennis and golf.

Jo Murphy
B.Vis.Sci. (QUT 2011)
M.Optom (QUT 2013)

Jo was born and raised in Toowoomba, QLD.  After school, he became a Fitter and Turner before deciding to study optometry.  He studied at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane graduating with a Bachelor of Vision Science in 2011 and Master of Optometry in 2013.  Jo has completed training in ocular therapeutics enabling him to prescribe ophthalmic medicines.  

Since graduation Jo has worked in over 50 locations across Australia ranging from private practice through to visiting services in remote public health facilities.  Jo began working with Bill and the team in February 2015 and enjoys having access to the latest technology in diagnostic equipment and treatment options.  Jo maintains a passion for thorough eye examinations and tailoring solutions for his patients.  His professional interests include contact lenses for keratoconus and ortho-keratology, ocular disease management, children's vision and myopia control (actively trying to prevent children and young adults from becoming more myopic) and regularly attends conferences on these topics.  Jo is passionate about rural and remote health and regularly provides visiting optometry services to remote aboriginal communities throughout the NT.

Jo enjoys the relaxed lifestyle on offer in Central Australia and his interests out of work include gliding and aviation, moto-trials, camping and spending time in the shed.