Kathleen Lonsdale
Irish X-ray crystallographer and pacifist
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Eleonora Fleury
Irish medical doctor
Dr Emily Dickson
Irish doctor
Dr Barbara Stokes
Irish paediatrician and disability campaigner
Adelaide Kellett
Adelaide Kellett became Matron of the Sydney Hospital in 1921 after serving in World War 1 as an army nurse. She was President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1937 and 1941-1942.
Lydia Shackleton
Irish botanical artist, teacher, and poet
Ada McLaughlin
Ada Mary McLaughlin was a botanical collector and former school teacher with the Queensland Department of Public Instruction. She made many collection expeditions around her local area and donated some 122 specimens to the Queensland Herbarium.
Claudia Burton Bradley
Her research focused on cerebral palsy in Australia and she published major articles that dealt with aspects of the disease in children, seeking to promote the potential of cerebral palsy sufferers to lead useful and independent lives. She formed the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1952 and chaired its medical and educational committee.
Ethel Irene McLennan
The substantial legacy of this trailblazing plant pathologist includes the University of Melbourne’s fungal-rich herbarium and library, her scientific publications and her students’ ideas and investigations.
Agnes McDonald
For many years Agnes McDonald used her medical experience to treat local Maori. Her work was of critical importance during the 1860s when epidemics of scrofula and influenza caused heavy mortality in the district. She is said to have found an effective treatment for scrofula, using iodine. In the 1870s she applied to Donald McLean and was authorised to make up a medicine chest at government expense and to replenish it on each visit to Wellington.