Frances Mathyssen-Briggs
Aunty Frances Mathyssen-Briggs has a lifelong commitment to family, welfare, health, land rights and culture.
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Dr Betty Andersen
Australian nurse educator
Barbara Hayes
Australian nurse and educator
Dr Barbara Workman
Australian medical doctor, professor and researcher
Beryl Grant
Western Australia nurse and magistrate of the Perth Children’s Court
Haldane Coloquhoun Turriff
Haldane Turriff was appointed as the first Matron of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 1871.
Albinia Brodrick
Irish republican and nurse
Miriel Witt
Edith Miriel Witt was the first female academic member of staff at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1943.
Dr Anne Kelso
Anne Kelso has fostered the development and commercialisation of Australian vaccine technologies and placed Australia in the forefront of global influenza surveillance, research and pandemic preparedness.
Dr Annie Hensley
Dr Annie Hensley was appointed coordinator of the Melbourne City Council’s first campaign to combat dyptheria in 1924.