Biographical entry Daws, Joyce Margaretta (1925 - 2007)

Summary

Joyce Daws worked in the area of thoracic surgery at various hospitals for over twenty years. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), 14 June 1975, for her services to medicine.

Details

Events

1956

Life event - Settled in Australia

1958 - 1967

Career position - Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1958 - 1985

Career position - Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital

1967 - 1975

Career position - Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at Prince Henry's Hospital

1970 - 1985

Career position - Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at the Alfred Hospital

1974 -

Career position - Member of the Victorian Nursing Council

1974

Career position - President of the Victorian Medical Women's Society

1974

Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Branch Council of the Australian Medical Association (AMA)

1975

Award - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

1976

Career position - President of the Board of the Cancer Institute of Victoria

1977 - 1987

Career position - Board member of the After Care Hospital

1978 - 1980

Career position - Board member of the Cancer Institute of Victoria

1980 - 1985

Career position - President of the After Care Hospital

1983 - 1989

Career position - Chairman of the Victorian Nursing Council

1984

Career position - Chairman of the Academic and Professional Panel

1987 - 1996

Career position - Chairman of the International Protea Association

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Dame Joyce Daws, thoracic surgeon, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• McEwan, Lena and Hacker, Sandra, 'Obituary - Forthright leader broke new professional ground', The Age, 27 June 2007. Details

Online Resources

• 'Daws, Joyce Margaretta (1925- ), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0026b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Daws, Joyce Margaretta', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756080. Details

See also

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