Person
Grant, Beryl (1921 - 2017)
AO OBE
- Born
- 11 September 1921
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 4 November 2017
Balcatta, formerly of Daglish, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse
Summary
Beryl Grant worked as a nurse in Western Australia. She was later appointed magistrate of the Perth Children's Court. Grant was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1 January 1976, for her nursing work. On 12 June 2000 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her service to nursing and the community, through the support and development of services and programmes for children and families, particularly in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Details
She was a Fellow, Royal College of Nursing Australia (FRCNA)
Chronology
- 1950
- Award - Florence Nightingale Scholarship
- 1959 - 1980
- Career position - Matron at Ngula Mothercraft and Training Centre
- 1968
- Award - Churchill Fellowship - to study work being done for deprived children in institutions, for the unmarried mother and her child, and foster care and adoption of children
- 1 Jan 1976
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - In recognition of service to nursing
- 1 Aug 1977
- Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
- 1980 - 1989
- Career position - Magistrate at the Perth Children's Court
- 1993
- Award - Advance Australia Award
- 12 Jun 2000
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of service to nursing and to the community through the support and development of services and programmes for children and families, particularly in rural and remote areas of Australia
- 1 Jan 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to nursing and the community
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Matron Beryl Grant, 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
Books
- Tanner, Ian Bowe, Beryl's World: the Multifaceted Life of Beryl Grant (Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory: Verwood Press, 2002), 213 pp. Details
Gazette Articles
- 'Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, P7 (1 Aug 1977) (1977), 54, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237152137. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41791927. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/295291103. Details
- 'Grant, Beryl (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756053. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Grant, Beryl (1921- ), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0171b.htm. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 13 February 2003, Last modified: 6 November 2025