Biographical entry Dawe, Kathleen Edith (1915 - 1999)

Summary

Kathleen Dawe began her working life as a secretary, later working as a typist in the Postmaster-General's Department. After World War Two she undertook the Diploma of Social Studies at the University of Melbourne, followed by a one year course at the Hospital Almoners Institute. Dawe worked as a social worker at the Red Cross for two years and at the Alfred Hospital for five years. She spent twenty-two years as head of the Medical Social Work Department at the Royal Children's Hospital. Dawe contributed greatly to the identification of child abuse.

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c. 1921

Life event - Settled in Australia

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• Nicoll, Jean, Miller, Jane, Giljohann, Anne and Crutch, Margaret and John, 'Obituary: Kathleen Edith Dawe, Social Worker', The Age, 14 June 1999. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Dawe Kathleen Edith', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476487. Details