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 1840s. She was Matron at Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane (1961-1968) and Chief Nursing Officer of the Queensland Department of Health.
Details
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 at Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Qld
- 1961 - c. 1968
- Career position - Matron at Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane
- 1968 - 1975
- Career position - General Matron of North Brisbane Hospital Board, Qld
- 1975 - 1981
- Career position - Nursing Superintendent at Royal Brisbane Hospital, Qld
- 1981 - 1986
- Career position - Chief Nursing Officer of the Queensland Department of Health
- 1984
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 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 regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Abell, Elizabeth-Anne Stuart (1926-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475807. Details
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: 26 March 2007