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Osburn, Lucy (1835 - 1891)

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Nurse and Superintendent

Born: 10 May 1835 Leeds, England. Died: 22 December 1891 Harrogate, England.

Lucy Osburn was appointed lady superintendent of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary in 1868. After years of conflict and sectarianism among the staff and board members of the Infirmary, she resigned in 1884 and returned to London.

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See also

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]

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Prepared by: Barbara Lemon
Created: 8 October 2008
Modified: 27 October 2008

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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