Ida O’Dwyer served in the Australian Army Nursing Service. She served in Egypt and was in charge of the Nurses’ Hospital in London and was head sister of the No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station in France. From 1920 to her retirement in 1938 O’Dwyer was matron of the Caulfield Military Hospital.
Irish watercolour artist and traveller
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.
Edith Nelson was a Lecturer in Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne 1948-1953. She had taught in the department in 1923 as a demonstrator and 1924-1948 as a senior demonstrator.
Edna Sayce was a demonstrator in physics at the University of Sydney 1917-1918 and lecturer 1923. She was a lecturer at the in physics at the Sydney Teachers College 1919-1922 and later a science teacher at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney 1940-1945.
Jenefer Blackwell is renowned for her research into host susceptibility and resistance to infectious diseases, particularly those from tropical parasitic diseases including leishmaniasis. Her discoveries facilitate genome-based approaches to the development of vaccines.
Geophysicist Elizabeth Annette Essex-Cohen was one of the first women in Australia to complete a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in physics.
Australian schizophrenia researcher
Cynthia Johnson was a research assistant at the University of Tasmania 1941-1942.
Isla Blomfield played a pivotal role in neonatal welfare education and care in Sydney