Dr Alice M Steeves
Turn of the century American dentist
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Jill Gallagher
Gunditjmara woman Aunty Jill Gallagher works to develop the capacity of her community to achieve their full potential.
Joan Vickery
A Gunditjmara Elder born in Portland, Aunty Joan devoted her life to achieving better outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Gina Bundle
Gina Bundle has been instrumental in providing high-quality maternity care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Vivienne Vy Nguyen
Vivienne Nguyen has given countless hours of service to the Vietnamese community in Australia.
Walda Blow
Walda Blow is a prominent and respected Elder of the Yorta Yorta people and has led community development work with, and for, the Victorian Aboriginal community.
Dr Margaret Harper
Paediatrician and the first woman to be appointed to the honorary staff of Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children; the Medical Officer of the first baby clinic established in New South Wales (1914); the first Director of the Mothercraft Homes and Nurses’ Training Schools; the first person to differentiate between coeliac disease and cystic fibrosis.
Ellen Barron
Ellen Barron worked at the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from 1918. From 1923-1939 she was superintendent of the Baby Clinics and started a training course for infant nurses. She was a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses’ Rest Home and Benevolent Fund.
Miriam O’Brien
Irish religious sister, educator, and aid worker in west Africa
Isla Blomfield
Isla Blomfield played a pivotal role in neonatal welfare education and care in Sydney