• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0855

Spry, Pamela Joy

(1924 – 2021)
  • Born 10 December 1924, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Died 8 January 2021, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Occupation Nurse, Nurse educator, Nursing administrator

Summary

Pam Spry was born in Adelaide, South Australia and began training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 1945. From 1973-1984 she was Director of Nursing at the RAH. Over the years Pam has also been involved with the Florence Nightingale Committee, the South Australian Health Commission, the Education Committee of the Nurses’ Board, the Planning Committee for the first basic tertiary nursing course at Sturt College, and the SA Branch of the Australian Nursing Federation.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Pamela Joy Spry [sound recording] Interviewer: Joan Durdin

Published resources

  • Resource
    • Trove