Person

Abell, Elizabeth-Anne Stuart (1926 - )

OBE

Born
21 May 1926
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Nurse administrator and Nurse

Summary

Elizabeth-Anne Abell was a key figure in Queensland nursing from the 1940s. She was Matron at Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane (1961-1968) and Chief Nursing Officer of the Queensland Department of Health.

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Chronology

c. 1938 - c. 1943
Education - Educated at Clayfield College in Brisbane
1944 - 1947
Education - Trainee Nurse (general training) at Brisbane Hospital
1947 - 1948
Education - Midwifery training at Brisbane Women's Hospital, Qld
1958
Career position - Senior Sister at Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane
1960
Award - Florence Nightingale Scholarship
1961
Career position - Acting Matron, Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Qld
1961 - c. 1968
Career position - Matron, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane
1968 - 1975
Career position - General Matron, North Brisbane Hospital Board, Qld
1975 - 1981
Career position - Nursing Superintendent, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Qld
1981 - 1986
Career position - Chief Nursing Officer, Queensland Department of Health
5 Jan 1985
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - In recognition of services to nursing
1986
Life event - Retired

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Biographical cuttings on Elizabeth-Anne Abell, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. 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

Resources

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 10 February 2003, Last modified: 8 October 2025

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