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Biographical entry Cooper, Lilian Violet (1861 - 1947)

Born
11 August 1861
Clapham, Kent, England
Died
18 August 1947
Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Lilian Violet Cooper worked as a physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women, Brisbane from about 1893 and from 1905 to her retirement was associated with the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Queensland.

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Archival resources

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

  • Lilian Violet Cooper - Records; Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Williams, Lesley M., No Easy Path: the Life and Times of Lilian Violet Cooper MD, FRACS (1861-1947), Australia's First Woman Surgeon, Amphion Press, Brisbane, 1991, 138 (152) pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Leggett, C. A. C., 'Cooper, Lilian Violet (1861-1947), medical practitioner', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, p. 105. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080116b.htm. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Cooper, Lilian Violet', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-763058. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 October 2006