Biographical entry Munro, Andrew Watson (1858 - 1944)

Summary

Andrew Watson Munro helped to found and finance the Women's Hospital, Sydney in 1893. In 1900 it became a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney and during the 1920s Munro urged the establishment of a chair of obstetrics at the University.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• William Morris Hughes - Records, 1875 - c. 1979, MS 1538; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

• Andrew Watson Munro - Records, 1893 - 1944; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Fitzsimons, T., 'Munro, Andrew Watson (1858-1944), Obstetrician', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 611-612. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100600b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Munro, Andrew Watson', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468688. Details