MBE

Born

17 December 1888
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Died

16 September 1980

Occupation

Nurse, Nursing administrator and Unionist

Alternative Names

• Johnstone, Georgina

Summary

Georgina McCready was appointed as one of the first supervisory sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) in 1931, she was its first honorary secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949. The McCready Scholarship (tenable at NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was appointed MBE - Member of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 8 June 1963, for services to the nursing profession.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004113b.htm; Woolston, Hazel, 'McCready, Georgina (1888-1980)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150219b.htm.