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Biographical entry Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867 - 1939)

Born
1 August 1867
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died
1 October 1939
Maylands, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Ida Gertrude M. Halley became a medical inspector of schools in Tasmania (1906) and from 1910 held a similar position in Sydney where she lectured on hygiene at the Teachers' College. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.

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Archival resources

State Records of South Australia

  • Ida Gertrude Margaret Halley - Records, 1913 - 1939; State Records of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret (1867-1939)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 170-171. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090162b.htm. Details
  • Kwan, Elizabeth, 'Gertrude Halley (1867-1939) medical officer', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details

Edited Books

  • Radi, H. (ed.), 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988, 268 pp. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-748077. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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