Person
Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949)
- Born
- 1 February 1867
Worthing, Sussex, England - Died
- 5 November 1949
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse and Hospital administrator
Summary
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. She presided over the founding meeting in 1904 of the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (now Royal Australian Nursing Federation), and worked for it in many ways for over 40 years. She was also a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses' Rest Home and Benevolent Fund.
Details
Chronology
- 1885
- Life event - Arrived in Queensland
- 1885 - 1888
- Career position - Domestic servant
- 1889 - 1892
- Education - Nursing training at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1892 - 1896
- Career position - Charge Nurse at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1897 - 1899
- Career position - Deputy Matron at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1900 - 1934
- Career position - Matron and then Superintendent at Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases
- 1918 - 1923
- Career position - Supervisor and Organiser of Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception
- 1932
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Archival resources
Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane
- Florence Chatfield - Records, 1904 - 1944; Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane. Details
Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane
- Florence Chatfield - Records; Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane. Details
Queensland State Archives
- Florence Chatfield - Records, 1900 - 1934; Queensland State Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Law, Glenda, 'Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949), nurse, and Barron, Ellen (1875-1951), nurse' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 622-623. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chatfield-florence-5567. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24082455. Details
- 'Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756050. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0103b.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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