Person

Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867 - 1939)

Born
1 August 1867
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died
1 October 1939
Maylands, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Ida Halley became a medical inspector of schools in Tasmania (1906) and from 1910 held a similar position in Sydney where she lectured on hygiene at the Teachers' College. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.

Archival resources

State Records of South Australia

  • Ida Gertrude Margaret Halley - Records, 1913 - 1939; State Records of South Australia. 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

  • Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867-1939)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 170-171. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090162b.htm. Details
  • Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Gertrude Halley (1867-1939) medical officer' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details

Edited Books

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

Journal Articles

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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