Lilian Marguerite Medland
Lilian Medland trained and worked for many years as a nurse in England and illustrated The Birds of the British Isles between 1906 and 1911, among other books.
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Margaret Lang
Australian nurse Margaret Lang was matron of various Victorian country hospitals, served in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during the First World War and was founder and Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service during the Second World War.
Lucy Compson Daw
Lucy Daw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1939 in recognition of her work as matron of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Kate Mackay
Kate MacKay was a resident medical officer at the Melbourne Hospital in 1922, the Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 1923 and the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 1924. In 1939 she became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Josephine Mackerras
Josephine Mackerras worked in the Division of Economic Entomology, CSIR, Canberra, the LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns during World War II, and was Senior Parasitologist at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research until 1961.
Lucinda Sullivan
1800s Irish philanthropist, writer and promoter of children’s welfare
Katherine Jones
1600s Viscountess Ranelagh and woman of letters
Hilda Wager Bull
Hilda Bull was a Medical Officer at the City of Melbourne Department of Health in the 1940s. She published various articles in the Australian Medical Journal in the 1930s and 1940s.
Mabel Theodore Hobler
Mabel Theodore Hobler was an Australian collector of animals and insects, with a passion for beetles.
Margaret Keats
Margaret Keats pioneered women’s involvement in veterinary science in Australia.