To celebrate the launch of Charles Sturt University’s Pharmacy course in Orange, an ornate piece of local history has returned to the city after spending several years in Wagga Wagga. Two ornate carboys the large traditional glass vessels that are a recognised symbol of pharmacy were originally donated by Max McCarthy, the previous long time proprietor of McCarthy’s Pharmacy in Orange, to the Pharmacy course at CSU Wagga Wagga Campus in recognition of the establishment of the first pharmacy course offered in inland Australia. In the 18th & 19th centuries the carboy was used to show customers a sample or 'specie' of the drugs they would use in compounding medicines. One of these ornately decorated 50-centimetre tall jars has been returned to Orange to mark the introduction of CSU’s Pharmacy course at the Orange Campus. Mr McCarthy and Malcolm Rosborough, the current owner of McCarthy Pharmacy and a governor of the CSU Pharmacy Foundation will visit CSU Orange Campus to place the carboy on permanent display at the Pharmacy laboratory.