Person
Nowland, Kathleen (1889 - )
- Born
- 16 November 1889
- Occupation
- Nurse
Summary
Kathleen Nowland began work as Staff Nurse at the No.4 Australian General Hospital (Prince of Wales) in June 1919. In 1924 she was appointed Staff Nurse at the Repatriation General Hospital, "Rosemount", Windsor, Queensland and was later promoted to the position of Senior Sister. Other positions held by her included Matron, Repatriation Sanatorium, Edward Millen Home, Western Australia (1938-1942); Matron, Lady Davidson Home, Turramurra (1942-1948); Matron, Prince of Wales Hospital (1948-1950) and Matron, Repatriation Sanatorium, Lady Davidson Home(1950-1954). She was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in recognition of her work at Matron, Lady Davidson Repatriation Hospital, 01 March 1955.
Archival resources
National Archives of Australia, National Office
- Honours and Awards - Imperial Service Medals - Date of Award: 1 March 1955, 19 November 1955 - 9 March 1956, A2880 5/2/5; National Archives of Australia, National Office. 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
Resources
- 'Nowland, Kathleen Regina (1889-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-741096. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 November 2002, Last modified: 9 October 2006