Person

Dalyell, Elsie Jean (1881 - 1948)

Born
13 December 1881
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Died
1 November 1948
Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Pathologist and Microbiologist

Summary

Elsie Dalyell was the first female full-time demonstrator at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1911-1912. She studied and worked in Europe 1912-1923 and on return to Australia became a microbiologist with the Department of Public Health, Sydney 1924-1946.

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Archival resources

State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room

  • Elsie Jean Dalyell - Records, 1897 - 1905; State Records New South Wales, Sydney Reading Room. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Elsie Jean Dalyell - Records, 1911 - 1912; University of Sydney, 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

  • Mitchell, Ann M., 'Dalyell, Elsie Jean (1881-1948), pathologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 201-202. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dalyell-elsie-jean-5875. Details
  • Mitchell, Ann M., 'Elsie Dalyell (1881-1948) pathologist' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details
  • Stell, Marion K., 'Hamilton, Marie Montgomerie (1891-1955), pathologist and hockey administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 366. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hamilton-marie-montgomerie-10404. Details

Edited Books

  • Radi, H. ed., 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988), 268 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 February 2018

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