Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949)

From 1900-1934 Florence Chatfield was matron and then superintendent of the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Queensland. She was also supervisor and organiser of the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception in 1918. In 1904 she presided over the founding meeting of the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (now Royal Australian Nursing Federation), and worked for it in many ways for over 40 years. She was appointed OBE - Officer of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 1 January 1932, for her work as superintendent of the Chronic Diseases Hospital.

Book Sections

• Law, Glenda, 'Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949) and Barron, Ellen (1875-1951), nurses', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1979, pp. 622-623. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000930b.htm. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]