Biographical entry Burchill, Dora Elizabeth (Elizabeth) (1904 - 2003)

Summary

Elizabeth Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I've Trod.

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Events

1930 - 1932

Career position - Australian Inland Mission in Innamincka, South Australia

1937

Career position - Member of Ambulance Unit from London at the Spanish Civil War

1938

Career position - Grenfell Mission in Labrador, Canada

1940 - 1946

Career position - Served in the Middle East and Australia with the Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)

1946

Career position - Writer and broadcaster at 3SR in Shepparton, Victoria

1952 - 1956

Career position - Nursing work in Darwin

1958 - 1960

Career position - Nursing work in Thursday Island

1961 - 1963

Career position - Nursing work in New Guinea

1965 - 1967

Career position - Nursing work in England

1969 - 1971

Career position - Nursing work in the USA

1970

Career position - Nursing work in Canada

1998

Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Elizabeth Burchill, writer, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Papers of Dora Elizabeth Burchill, 1931 - 1960, D 5541; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Books

• Burchill, Elizabeth, New Guinea Nurse, Rigby, Adelaide, 1967, 151 pp. Details
• Burchill, Elizabeth, Innamincka, Rigby, Adelaide, 1969, 173 pp. Details
• Burchill, Elizabeth, Thursday Island Nurse, Rigby, Adelaide, 1972, 139 pp. Details
• Burchill, Elizabeth, The Paths I've Trod, Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1981, 250 pp. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Hudson, Susan, 'A dedicated nurse who practised around the world', The Age (Melbourne), Elizabeth Burchill obituary, 26 January 2004. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Burchill, Elizabeth', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458899. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details