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Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867 - 1939)

Dr

Born
1 August 1867
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died
1 October 1939
Maylands, South Australia
Occupation
Doctor and Founder

Summary

Gertrude Halley was a founder and treasurer of the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women. An eye and ear specialist, she was an honorary surgeon at the hospital. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.

Sources used to compile this entry: Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867-1939)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090162b.htm.

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See also

  • Davey, Constance M., Children and their law-makers : a social-historical survey of the growth and development from 1836 to 1950 of South Australian laws relating to children, Griffin Press, Adelaide, 1956, 158 pp. Details
  • Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867-1939)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090162b.htm. Details
  • Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-78644. Details

Barbara Lemon

Created: 3 October 2008, Last modified: 27 October 2008

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