Person

Kirkcaldie, Rosa Angela (1887 - 1972)

Born
3 June 1887
Homebush, New South Wales, Australia
Died
4 August 1972
Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Nurse and Hospital administrator

Summary

Rosa Kirkcaldie returned to her native Sydney after serving in World War 1 as a nurse. She became a matron at the Royal Prince Alfred and Cornbury Hospitals and from 1924-1945 was matron at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and authored "In Grey and Scarlet" (1922).

Archival resources

Australian War Memorial Research Centre

  • Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie - Records; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details

Royal Alexandra Hospital Archives, Sydney

  • Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie - Records; Royal Alexandra Hospital Archives, Sydney. Details

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

  • Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie - Records; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. 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

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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