Isla Blomfield
Isla Blomfield played a pivotal role in neonatal welfare education and care in Sydney
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Florence Chatfield
Florence Chatfield was Matron and then Superintendent of the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Queensland from 1900-1934. She was also supervisor and organiser of the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception in 1918.
Dr Gertrude Mead
Gertrude Mead completed her medical studies at the University of Melbourne (1897). The following two years were spent working at a children’s hospital in England, at a women’s hospital in Dublin and as a house surgeon at Leith in Scotland. Upon returning to Australia in 1901, Mead ran a private practice from her home in Perth.
Dr Ida Gertrude Halley
Ida Halley became a medical inspector of schools in Tasmania (1906) and from 1910 held a similar position in Sydney where she lectured on hygiene at the Teachers’ College. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.
Eleanor Williams
Eleanor Williams was one of the first three staff members of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). She co-authored and authored more than fifty publications in her career and specialised in research on dysentery, influenza and snake venom.
Edith Coleman
Edith Coleman was a naturalist who wrote prolifically on a wide range of animals and published in both scientific journals and the popular press.
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Martin is internationally acknowledged for her expertise in protein crystallography. Her research is focussed on understanding the molecular basis of disease and applying this knowledge to early-stage drug discovery.
Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne
Eleanor Bourne went into general practice in 1907 and served as physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane. In 1911 she became medical officer for the Department of Public Instruction and worked for many years in child health, both in Australia and Britain.
Georgina Sweet
Georgina Sweet was Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924. Her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna.
Geraldine Allen Sewell
Geraldine Sewell collected plant specimens in Western Australia between 1886 and 1891 around Mount Caroline ; over 300 specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria.