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Natural therapist
Bell, Catherine, Natural therapist and Political candidate
Rogers, Maureen, Natural therapist
Naturalist
Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872), Naturalist and Writer
Harding, Florence May (1908 - 1971), Naturalist
Scott, Harriet (1830 - 1907), Artist and Naturalist
Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910), Artist and Naturalist
Thomson, Estelle (1894 - 1953), Author, Journalist, Naturalist, Photographer and Wildflower artist
Naturopath
Ferguson, Kate, Naturopath
Netball coach
Clark, Anne Evelyn (1903 - 1983), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Netball Umpire and Sports Administrator
Gill, Eunice Elizabeth Perrott (1918 - 1987), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports Administrator and University teacher
Kimble, Ronda (1946 - ), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports Administrator and Umpire
McConchie, Lorna (1914 - 2001), Netball Coach, Netball Player and Sports Administrator
Netball player
Clark, Anne Evelyn (1903 - 1983), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Netball Umpire and Sports Administrator
Gill, Eunice Elizabeth Perrott (1918 - 1987), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports Administrator and University teacher
Kimble, Ronda (1946 - ), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports Administrator and Umpire
McConchie, Lorna (1914 - 2001), Netball Coach, Netball Player and Sports Administrator
Parkes, Rosalie (1929 - 1994), Netball Player and Sports Administrator
Reardon, Nancy (1914 - 1941), Netball Player and Teacher
Sargeant, Anne (1957 - ), Broadcaster, Netball Player and Public speaker
Wilson, Vicki (1965 - ), Netball Player, Sports Administrator and Sports commentator
Netball umpire
Clark, Anne Evelyn (1903 - 1983), Netball Coach, Netball Player, Netball Umpire and Sports Administrator
Newspaper Proprietor
Fotheringhame, Pattie (c. 1852 - 1955), Editor, Journalist, Newspaper Proprietor and Print Journalist
Gibson, Margaret, Editor, Journalist and Newspaper Proprietor
Macfarlan, Margaret (c. 1904 - 1997), Editor, Journalist and Newspaper Proprietor
Non-violent organisation
Women for Survival
Novelist
Adams, Glenda Emilie (1939 - 2007), Author, Novelist and Teacher
Backhouse, Enid (Elizabeth) (1917 - ), Novelist and Servicewoman
Dark, Eleanor (1901 - 1985), Novelist
Evans, Henrietta Matilda Jane (1827 - 1886), Novelist, Teacher and Writer
Fullerton, Mary Elizabeth (1868 - 1946), Author, Feminist, Novelist and Poet
Holman, Ada Augusta (1869 - 1949), Feminist, Journalist, Novelist and Print Journalist
Johnston, Dorothy (1948 - ), Author, Novelist, Poet and Writer
Rosman, Alice Trevenen (1882 - 1961), Editor, Journalist, Novelist and Writer
Stead, Christina Ellen (1902 - 1983), Novelist and Writer
Tomasetti, Glenys Ann (Glen) (1929 - 2003), Songwriter, Poet and Novelist
Nuclear disarmament activist
Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938 - ), Medical practitioner and Nuclear disarmament activist
Nurse
Abbott, Joan Stevenson (Judy) (1899 - 1970), Nurse and Servicewoman
Adams, Judith Anne (1943 - ), Army officer (Reserve), Farmer, Justice of the Peace, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Addison, Marion Lilian (Lily) (1885 - 1982), Nurse, Sportswoman and Tennis player
Ainsworth, Eve (1914 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Allgrove, Ellen Mavis (Nell) (1910 - 1994), Nurse and Servicewoman
Anstey, Olive Eva (1920 - 1983), Nurse
Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross (1891 - 1968), Servicewoman, Nurse and Nursing administrator
Ashton, Carrie (Jean) (1905 - 2002), Nurse and Servicewoman
Atkin, Margaret Claire (1935 - ), Nurse and Political candidate
Avery, Kathleen J (1894 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983), Nurse and Matron
Bardsley, Doris (1895 - 1968), Child welfare advocate., Maternal and Nurse
Barry, Veronica Lesley (1960 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Bartholomew, Penny (c. 1957 - ), Nurse and Political candidate
Bates, Rosslyn Mary (1962 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Beaumont, Marilyn Kay (1951 - ), Nurse, Counsellor and Industrial organiser
Bell, Jane (1873 - 1959), Hospital Matron and Nurse
Berzin, Vivienne Patricia, Political candidate, Psychiatric nurse and Housewife
Best, Kathleen Annie Louise (1910 - 1957), Nurse and Servicewoman
Bidmead, Martha Sarah (1862 - 1940), Nurse
Bidstrup, Jean (Eve) (1913 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Bin-Sallik, Mary Ann, Social worker, Academic, Justice of the Peace and Nurse
Blaxell, Margaret Anne (1934 - ), Nurse, Political candidate and Public servant
Bohan, Eleanor Lucy (1925 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Botting, Kate, Occupational Health nurse
Boundy, Olive (c. 1934 - ), Nurse, Teacher and Activist
Bowe, Ethel Jessie (1906 - 1961), Nurse, Servicewoman and Matron
Boyce, Una Parry (1911 - 2003), Nurse and Community worker
Bradwell, Elizabeth Merle (Betty) (1914 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Briggs, Louisa (1836 - 1925), Aboriginal spokesperson, Matron, Midwife and Nurse
Brown, Kathleen, Nurse
Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915 - 2000), Nurse, Servicewoman and Health administrator
Burch, Joy, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Burchill, Dora (Elizabeth) (1904 - 2003), Nurse, Author and Historian
Burgess, Cathy, Nurse
Carmichael, Grace Elizabeth Jennings (1867 - 1904), Nurse and Poet
Caskey, Constance Sybil (1905 - 1997), Nurse
Catchpole, Margaret (1762 - 1819), Convict, Midwife and Nurse
Cawood, Dorothy Gwendolen (1884 - 1962), Nurse and Servicewoman
Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949), Nurse and Medical administrator
Cherry, Enid (1891 - 1986), Nurse and Servicewoman
Clarke, Jeanine (1959 - ), Administrator, Compliance Officer and Dental nurse
Cochrane, June (1931 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Cogger, Linda, Nurse
Connor, Marjorie (1906 - 1991), Nurse
Coull, Judith, Community activist, Local government councillor, Nurse and Shire president
Coutts Michie, Mary, Domestic worker and Nurse
Cranswick, Isobel (Hilary) (1915 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Cross, Ray Alberta, Nurse
Curley, Sylvia (1898 - 1999), Nurse, Advocate, Farmer and Local historian
Dalgarno, Ann Patricia (1909? - 1980), Politician, Nurse and Community advocate
D'Aprano, Zelda Fay (1928 - ), Feminist, Trade unionist, Writer and Dental nurse
Darveniza, Kaye Mary (1955 - ), Parliamentarian and Nurse
Davidson, Ethel Sarah (1872 - 1939), Nurse and Servicewoman
Deal, Patricia (1931 - ), Nurse, Social worker and Servicewoman
Docker, Betty Bristow (1920 - 2001), Servicewoman, Nurse and Matron
Dohnt, Lynley Eva (1898 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Draper, Patricia (1959 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Drinkwater, Estelle Alice, Nurse
Durdin, Dorothy (Joan) (1922 - ), Nurse, Educator and Historian
Dutton, Mary Doreen (Mollie) (1896 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Fall, Constance Amy (1903 - ), Nurse
Fatin, Wendy Frances (1941 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Finlayson, Kathy, Community stalwart, Farmer, Local government councillor, Nurse and Shire president
Florence, Annie, Nurse
Francis, Susan (1877 - 1946), Nurse and Activist
Fraser, Nola, Nurse and Businesswoman
Gago, Gail, Nurse, Parliamentarian and Union organiser
Galanopoulos, Helen, Nurse
Gardiner, Anne, Nurse and Public servant
Garrett, Merla (1933 - ), Nurse and Lecturer
Gerrard, Patricia (1918 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Gibbs, Vera (1905 - ?), Nurse and Community worker
Gibson, Jean Agnes (1914 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Giles, Patricia Jessie (Pat) (1928 - ), Nurse, Political activist and Politician
Good, Barbara Doris (1922 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Goodisson, Lillie (1860 - 1947), Campaigner and Nurse
Gorham, Heather, Community activist, Nurse and Pastoralist
Gould, Ellen Julia (Nellie) (1860 - 1941), Nurse
Graham, Margaret (1860 - 1942), Nurse and Matron
Greene, Anne (1884? - 1965), Missionary and Nurse
Grey, Helene Dorothy (1895 - 1987), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Guy, Margaret Frances (1910 - 1988), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Harrington, Ruth (1922 - ), Nurse, Servicewoman and Nurse educator
Hayter, Ellen Mary (1910 - 2000), Community worker and Nurse
Herring, Violet Muriel (1880 - 1966), Community worker and Nurse
Hill, Jane Margaret (1936 - ), Parliamentarian, Local government councillor and Mothercraft nurse
Hopwood, Judy (1954 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Hughes, Elsie (1906 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Hurn, Ruth (1915 - 2010), Nurse and Nurse educator
Jacob, Nora Elizabeth (1900 - ), Nurse
Jakins, Judith Helen (1940 - ), Farmer, Mothercraft nurse and Parliamentarian
Jamieson, Norma May (1941 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Jayawardena, Yvonne (c. 1932 - ), Local government councillor, Nurse, Political candidate and Health researcher
Jeffrey, Agnes (Betty) (1908 - 2000), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Author
Kay, Francie, Nurse
Kenny, Elizabeth (1880 - 1952), Nurse and Health administrator
Kernot, Rhoda Joan (1899 - 1978), Nurse
Kirwan, Joan Dorothy (1924 - 2003), Servicewoman, Nurse and Matron
Kitto, Joyce (1929 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Servicewoman
Klugman, Kristine Kay (1941 - ), Nurse, Researcher, Historian and Writer
Lane, Ethel Marion (1918 - ), Nurse, Servicewoman and Community worker
Lane, Maureen (c. 1952 - ), Audiometrist and Nurse
Lang, Margaret Irene (1893 - ), Nurse and Matron
Leak, Jenny Elizabeth (1937 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Leake, Jane, Farmer and Nurse
Leonard, Marjorie (Helen) (1945 - 2001), Feminist, Nurse and Photographer
Lions, Agnes Mary (1908 - 1992), Nurse and Unionist
Lockwood, Betty Margaret (1941 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Lyon, Edeline (Tommy) (1914 - ), Nurse
Main, E. Alice, Missionary and Nurse
McCarthy, Emma Maud (1859 - 1949), Nurse and Servicewoman
McConnel, May Jordan (1860 - 1929), Nurse, Suffrage activist, Teacher and Union organiser
McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Unionist
McCue, Helen (1949 - ), Educator, Nurse, Refugee Advocate and Researcher
McDonald, Rhonda (c. 1954 - ), Nurse and Political candidate
Michelmore, Catherine (1910 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Millard, Valda, Nurse
Mitchell, Jean Barbara (c. 1918 - 1997), Nurse and Councillor
Mitchell, Susan Katherine, Manager and Nurse
Molloy, Cathryn (1955 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Moore, Jean Mary (1933 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Morand, Maxine (1959 - ), Nurse, Researcher and Parliamentarian
Muir, Sylvia Jessie Mimmi (1915 - ), Army Nurse and Nurse
Munro, Grace Emily (1879 - 1964), Founder and Nurse
Newell, Fay, Nurse and Volunteer
Nixon, Elizabeth (1865 - ), Nurse
Nowland, Kathleen (1889 - ), Nurse
O'Donoghue, Lowitja (1932 - ), Nurse and Community worker
Osburn, Lucy (1835 - 1891), Nurse and Superintendent
Parker, Barbara (1934 - ), Nurse
Parker, Kathleen Isabel Alice (Kay) (1906 - ), Servicewoman and Nurse
Peters, Clare Louise, Nurse
Petrusma, Jacqueline Anne (1966 - ), Business woman, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Piesse, Winifred Margaret (1923 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Pilkington, Doris (1937 - ), Writer and Nurse
Plumb, Sarah Ann (1884 - 1962), Nurse
Pocock, Mary Anne (Bessie) (1863 - 1946), Nurse and Servicewoman
Porter, Judith (1935 - ), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Nurse educator
Porter, Mary Edith, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Rawson, Marianne, Nurse
Reid, Karen, Nurse
Riggs, Clara Elizabeth (Betty) (1911 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Robertson, Christine Mary (1948 - ), Nurse and Politician
Rowe, Millie (Min) (1897 - ), Nurse
Ryall, Dee (1967 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Sage, Annie Moriah (1895 - 1969), Nurse
Schubert, Heather (1943 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Schwarze, Gail, Nurse, Hairdresser and Housewife
Scott, Desley Carleton (1943 - ), Dental nurse, Electorate officer and Parliamentarian
Simper, Elsie (1905 - 1999), Matron and Nurse
Smallwood, Gracelyn (1951 - ), Aboriginal health worker, midwife and nurse
Spry, Pamela Joy (1924 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Staunton, Patricia Jane (1946 - ), Alderman, Magistrate, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Strang, Marion (1871 - 1941), Nurse
Stuckey, Janet Anne (1955 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Sturm, Doreen Nellie (Anne) (1914 - ), Nurse
Sutherland, Selina Murray Macdonald (1839 - 1909), Philanthropist, Nurse and Welfare worker
Tanner, Gladys (1921 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Taylor, Marjory Alice Hamlet (1920 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Thomas, Faith (1933 - ), Cricketer and Nurse
Thomson, Lorraine, Nurse
Thomson, Marlienne (1933 - ), Nurse and Missionary
Tredwell, Robyn (1950 - ), Environmentalist, Farmer and Nurse
Trudinger, Margaret (Trudie) (1915 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Tweddell, Joyce (1916 - 1995), Army Nurse and Nurse
Uren, Elizabeth (Bette) Irene (1909 - 1991), Nurse and Servicewoman
Vance, Gladys (1903 - 1989), Nurse
Von Puttkamer, Margarethe Hermine (1856 - 1933), Nurse
Waddell, Jane, Nurse
Walters, Mary Shirley (1925 - ), Housewife, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Warby, Margaret Joyce, Nurse
Waterhouse, Kathleen Lucy (1891 - 1987), Nurse, Servicewoman and Nursing administrator
Watson, Shirley Ann, Nurse and Consultant
West, Suzanne Margaret (1947 - ), Electorate officer, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Wheeler, Annie Margaret (1867 - 1950), Nurse and Welfare worker
White, Jessie McHardie (1870 - 1957), Nurse and Servicewoman
Williams, Fanny Eleanor (1890? - 1963), Pathologist, Bacteriologist and Nurse
Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1918 - 2003), Nurse and Servicewoman
Winch, Marie Joan (1935 - ), Aboriginal Health Worker, Midwife and Nurse
Woods, Dora (1887 - ), Nurse and Servicewoman
Woollard, Janet May (1955 - ), Justice of the Peace, Nurse and Parliamentarian
Worth, Patricia Mary (1946 - ), Nurse and Parliamentarian
Wotherspoon, Judith (1944 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Wright, Margaret Noni, Nurse
Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram (1916 - 2001), Nurse and Servicewoman
Nurse educator
Cochrane, June (1931 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896 - 1988), Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Fawkes, Barbara (1914 - 2002), Nurse educator
Guy, Margaret Frances (1910 - 1988), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Harrington, Ruth (1922 - ), Nurse, Servicewoman and Nurse educator
Hurn, Ruth (1915 - 2010), Nurse and Nurse educator
Kitto, Joyce (1929 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Servicewoman
Leak, Jenny Elizabeth (1937 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Michelmore, Catherine (1910 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Porter, Judith (1935 - ), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Nurse educator
Schubert, Heather (1943 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Smith, Wendy Irene (1950 - ), Local government councillor, Nurse educator and Parliamentarian
Spry, Pamela Joy (1924 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Wotherspoon, Judith (1944 - ), Nurse and Nurse educator
Nursing administrator
Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross (1891 - 1968), Servicewoman, Nurse and Nursing administrator
Bohan, Eleanor Lucy (1925 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896 - 1988), Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Good, Barbara Doris (1922 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Grey, Helene Dorothy (1895 - 1987), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Guy, Margaret Frances (1910 - 1988), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Jeffrey, Agnes (Betty) (1908 - 2000), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Author
Jones, Violet Margaret (1911 - 2001), Nursing administrator
Lockwood, Betty Margaret (1941 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Unionist
Michelmore, Catherine (1910 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Porter, Judith (1935 - ), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Nurse educator
Spry, Pamela Joy (1924 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator
Tanner, Gladys (1921 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator
Waterhouse, Kathleen Lucy (1891 - 1987), Nurse, Servicewoman and Nursing administrator

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