Person
Goatcher, Phyllis Marion Elliott (1922 - ?)
AO
- Born
- 16 January 1922
Chengtu, China - Died
- Western Australia, Australia
- Occupation
- Physician
Summary
It is surmised that Phyllis Goatcher, a medical graduate from London, met and married Philip Goatcher, a medical graduate from Adelaide, while he was studying for his surgical fellowships in the Unitied Kingdom, 1951-1952. The moved to Preth, Western Australia in 1953. She became a specialist in rhuematic diseases at the Royal Perth Hospital.
Details
Chronology
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Free Hospital, UK
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, UK
- 1949 - 1950
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital in Sydenham, UK
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at St Stephen's Hospital in London
- 1953
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1954 - 1957
- Career position - Physician in the Rheumatic Unit of the Royal Perth Hospital
- 8 January 1954
- Registered as a Medical Practitioner in Western Australia with residence in Mt Lawley
- 1957 - 1985
- Career position - Senior Physician in the Rheumatic Diseases Department of the Royal Perth Hospital
- 26 Jan 1979
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for community service
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Dr Phyllis Goatcher, 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
- 'Goatcher, Phyllis Marion Elliott (1922-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473593. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2001 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 13 February 2003, Last modified: 12 October 2026