Australian women nurses

The list Australian women nurses includes Georgie Crozier, Vivian Bullwinkel Statham, Elizabeth Kenny, Maud McCarthy and Lowitja O'Donoghue. The list consists of 162 members.

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Georgie Crozier

Australian politician

Overview: Georgina Mary Crozier (born 16 November 1963) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2010, representing Southern Metropolitan Region ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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21st-century Australian women politicians 506T

Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council 58T

People from Coleraine, Victoria 7T
2.

Murder of Anita Cobby

Australian murder case

Overview: Anita Lorraine Cobby (née Lynch) (2 November 1959 – 2 February 1986) was a 26-year-old Australian registered nurse and beauty pageant winner who was kidnapped while walking home from Blacktown railway ...

Date of birth: 2 November 1959

Date of death: 2 February 1986

Age: 26 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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1986 murders in Oceania 3T

1980s murders in Australia 26T

1980s in Sydney 12T
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Grace Wilson

Australian army nurse

Overview: Grace Margaret Wilson CBE, RRC (25 June 1879 – 12 January 1957) was a high-ranked nurse in the Australian Army during World War I and the first years of World War II. Wilson was born in Brisbane, and ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1879

Date of death: 12 January 1957

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Military

Gender: Female

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Florence Nightingale Medal recipients 87T

Female nurses in World War I 135T

Australian military nurses 24T
4.

Vivian Bullwinkel Statham

Australian, Military

Overview: Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (née Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1915

Date of death: 3 July 2000

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Military

Gender: Female

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Women shooting survivors 12T

Australian Army personnel of World War II 1,278T

Florence Nightingale Medal recipients 106T
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Elizabeth Kenny

Nurse

Overview: Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed a new approach for treating victims of poliomyelitis, which was controversial ...

Date of birth: 20 September 1886

Date of death: 30 November 1952

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Australian non-fiction writers 86T

20th-century Australian women 533T

19th-century Australian women 435T
6.

Gracelyn Smallwood

Australian professor of nursing and midwifery

Overview: Gracelyn Smallwood AM (born 1951) is a professor of nursing and midwifery at Central Queensland University. She is an Aboriginal Australian of Biri descent.

Date of birth: 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Female

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Ethel Page

Overview: Ethel Esther Page (née Blunt; 20 September 1875 – 26 May 1958) was the first wife of Sir Earle Page, the 11th Prime Minister of Australia. She worked as a nurse before her marriage. Page supported her ...

Date of birth: 20 September 1875

Date of death: 26 May 1958

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Nurse

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National Party of Australia 30T

Australian nurses 75T

Spouses of Australian Prime Ministers 29T
8.

Alice Ross-King

Australian civilian and military nurse

Overview: Alys Ross King ARRC MM (5 August 1887 – 17 August 1968), known as Alice Ross-King (later Alice Appleford), was an Australian civilian and military nurse who took part in both World Wars. She has been ...

Date of birth: 5 August 1887

Date of death: 17 August 1968

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Nurse

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Florence Nightingale Medal recipients 87T

20th-century Australian women 533T

19th-century Australian women 435T
9.

Ged Kearney

Australian trade unionist

Overview: Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney (born 29 October 1963) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018, representing the Division of ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Trade Unionist

Gender: Female

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Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Cooper 1T

Labor Left politicians 98T

Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia 753T
10.

Wilma Oram

Australian nurse

Overview: Wilma Elizabeth Forster (nēe Oram) Young AM (17 August 1916 – 28 May 2001) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was evacuated from Singapore in February 1942 and was aboard the ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1916

Date of death: 28 May 2001

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Military

Gender: Female

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Australian military nurses 24T

World War II nurses 55T

Women in the Australian military 41T
11.

Jacquie Petrusma

Australian politician

Overview: Jacqueline Anne Petrusma (née Harper; born 23 March 1966) is an Australian politician. The daughter of Barry Harper, a former state cricketer, she was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and worked as a reg ...

Date of birth: 23 March 1966

Age: 59

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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21st-century Australian women politicians 449T

Women members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 29T

21st-century Australian politicians 2,052T
12.

Kara McCoy

Australian veteran

Overview: Kara Moser McCoy (15 August 1898 – 17 January 2005) was an Australian World War I veteran who was the last known female veteran of the Australian armed forces. She was born in England, and enlisted underage ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1898

Date of death: 17 January 2005

Age: 106 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Nurse

Gender: Female

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Women centenarians 1,059T

Australian centenarians 109T

Australian women of World War I 32T
13.

Lucy Osburn

English nurse

Overview: Lucy Osburn (1 April 1836 – 22 December 1891) was an English nurse trained at the School of Nursing founded by Florence Nightingale (now part of King's College London). She is regarded as the founder of ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1835

Date of death: 22 December 1891

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Nurse

Gender: Female

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19th-century Australian women 442T

Nursing in Australia 5T

Australian nurses 95T
14.

Maud McCarthy

British/Australian nurse

Overview: Dame Emma Maud McCarthy, GBE, RRC & Bar (22 September 1859 – 1 April 1949) was a nursing sister and British Army matron-in-chief.

Date of birth: 22 September 1859

Date of death: 1 April 1949

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Nurse

Gender: Female

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Nurses from London 68T

Florence Nightingale Medal recipients 87T

Members of the Royal Red Cross and Bar 10T
15.

Judith Adams

Australian politician

Overview: Judith Anne Adams (née Bird; 11 April 1943 – 31 March 2012) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer, who served as a member of the Australian Senate between 2005 and 2012 ...

Date of birth: 11 April 1943

Date of death: 31 March 2012

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Politicians who died in office 2,943T

21st-century Australian women politicians 449T

Women in the Vietnam War 11T
16.

Lowitja O'Donoghue

Australian public administrator (1932–2024)

Overview: Lowitja Lois O'Donoghue Smart, AC CBE DSG (August 1932 – 4 February 2024) was an Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator. In 1990–1996 she was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and ...

Date of birth: 1 August 1932

Date of death: 4 February 2024

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Australian Living Treasures 11T

Women human rights activists 491T

Dames Commander of St. Gregory the Great 4T
17.

Trish Worth

Australian politician

Overview: Patricia Mary Worth AM (born 21 April 1946), Australian politician, is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to October 2004, representing the Division of ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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21st-century Australian women politicians 449T

People from Riverton, South Australia 7T

21st-century Australian politicians 2,052T
18.

Hannah Wood

English nurse in Darwin, Australia in Nineteenth Century

Overview: Hannah Wood (c. 1827–1903) was a nurse in the Northern Territory of Australia. She arrived there from the UK in September 1875, joining her husband, James Wood, who had arrived a few months earlier.

Date of birth: 1827

Date of death: 1903

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Nurse

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Australian nurses 138T

1903 deaths 2,091T

1820s births 998T
19.

Mona Menzies

Australian Nursing Administrator

Overview: Mona Menzies AM was an Australian Nursing Administrator active through the 1950s to 1980s. She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986.

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Mary Baptist De Lacy

Australian Sister of Charity, founded St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

Overview: Mary John Baptist De Lacy (born Alicia De Lacy 1 July 1799 - 12 December 1878), was an Irish-born Sister of Charity, and one of the first religious sisters to come to Australia. She was one of five Sisters ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1799

Date of death: 12 December 1878

Age: 79 (age at death)

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