by Caroline Finlay | May 20, 2020 | Nurses and Midwives, Parramatta Nurses & Midwives, World War Two
Sister Isabel Pinkerton and Sergeant Archie Burchall in the Middle East, 1941. Image: The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate [1] Isabella Mary Pinkerton who mainly went by the name of Isabel, was born in 1913 as the youngest daughter to Robert and Sarah...
by Caroline Finlay | May 20, 2020 | Medicine, Nurses and Midwives, Parramatta Nurses & Midwives, World War Two
From left to right: Sisters Smairl, Corderoy and Butler, a trio of popular nurses at the Parramatta District Hospital, 1929. Image: The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate [1] Lilian Gladys Smairl, who was born on the 11 January 1898, began her nursing career...
by Caroline Finlay | May 8, 2020 | buildings, Parramatta Libraries
Dundas Valley Branch Library, c.1970s. Source: City of Parramatta Council Community Archives Collection, ACC002/096/005 Dundas Branch Library was opened on Saturday 5 September 1959 by the Mayor, Alderman Eric Arthur Mobbs. The library opened in the former Dundas...
by Caroline Finlay | May 1, 2020 | Medicine, Nurses and Midwives, Parramatta Nurses & Midwives
Former psychiatric nurse Mrs Avis Stretton, 1987. Image: Parramatta Advertiser Avis Alma (nee Byron) Stretton was born in 1921 and grew up in rural NSW in Bakara, Menindee. After her schooling, she attended Our Lady of Mercy Commercial College in Parramatta. In June...
by Caroline Finlay | Apr 30, 2020 | Medicine, Nurses and Midwives, Parramatta Nurses & Midwives
Sister Ruby Buchanan, nursing sister at the Parramatta Hospital for the Insane, c.1907. Source: Heritage Centre – Local Studies Photographic Collection, LSP00072 The Parramatta Lunatic Asylum became the Parramatta Hospital for the Insane in 1878, and in 1916 was...
