Person
Barron, Ellen (1875 - 1951)
- Born
- 1875
Abingdon, Berkshire, England - Died
- 8 July 1951
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse and Health administrator
Summary
Ellen Barron worked at the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from 1918 under the guidance of Florence Chatfield and in 1924 worked with Truby King in New Zealand. 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.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1884
- Life event - Arrived in Queensland
- 1896 - 1899
- Education - Trained as a nurse at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1900 - 1901
- Career position - Staff Nurse at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1902 - 1904
- Career position - Head Nurse at Maryborough General Hospital
- 1904 - 1905
- Career position - Training in obstetrics at the Women's Hospital in Rockhampton, Queensland
- 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Matron at Lady Musgrave Hospital in Maryborough
- 1909 - 1912
- Career position - Matron at Chillagoe Hospital
- 1912 - 1914
- Career position - Training in massage in England
- 1915 - 1917
- Career position - Australian Army Nursing Service
- 1918 - 1921
- Career position - Baby clinics in Brisbane under Florence Chatfield
- 1922
- Career position - Karitane Training School in Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1923 - 1939
- Career position - Superintendent of the baby clinics
Archival resources
Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane
- Ellen Barron - Records, 1904 - 1945; Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane. Details
Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane
- Ellen Barron - Records, 1918 - 1939; Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane. Details
Queensland State Archives
- Ellen Barron - Records, 1900 - 1945; 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 regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Currey, C. H., 'Field, Barron (1786 - 1846)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966). http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/field-barron-2041. Details
- 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. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070632b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537298. Details
- 'Barron, Ellen (1875-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467204. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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