Person

MacArthur-Onslow, Dorothy Wolseley (1922 - 2013)

AO

Born
13 September 1922
New South Wales, Australia
Died
10 May 2013
Mount Gilead, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Lady Dorothy MacArthur-Onlsow was a foundation member of the University of Western Sydney Board of Governors and played a substantial role in the formative years of the University as a Ministerial appointee. She had an outstanding professional career in health administration and this was extremely valuable to the new University given that health would be one of the major pillars of the University's academic standing, culminating in the establishment of the Medical School at Campbelltown.

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Chronology

1947 - 1952
Career position - Medical Superintendent at Parramatta Hospital, New South Wales
1958 -
Career position - Member of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association New South Wales
1964 - 1969
Career position - Assistant State Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association New South Wales
1969 - 1979
Career position - Trustee of the Sydney Opera House Trust
1974 - 1978
Career position - Member of the Health Advisory Council New South Wales
1977 - 1982
Career position - Vice-President of the Girl Guides Association New South Wales
1981 - 1983
Career position - President, Australian Hospital Association of New South Wales
1984 -
Career position - Director of the New South Wales Division of the National Heart Foundation
1984 - 1995
Career position - Member of the New South Wales Branch Council of the Scout Association of Australia
1986 - 1988
Career position - Member of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Area Board, New South Wales
1987
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1989 - 1993
Career position - Member of the Board of Governors, University of Western Sydney
1989 - 1993
Career position - Board member of the South Western Sydney Area Health Service
1993
Life event - Retired

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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

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See also

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

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