Person

Farman, Margaret Alyson (1928 - 2001)

Born
21 October 1928
Australia
Died
24 April 2001
Australia
Occupation
Nurse educator

Summary

Margaret Farman trained as a nurse and midwife before completing a diploma in nursing education and working as a nurse educator at Epworth Hospital, Melbourne. Other positions held by Farman included president of the nurse education section of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing, examiner for the Victorian Nursing Council and deputy chief nursing officer in the Victorian Nursing Council.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Hodgson, Marjorie, 'Obituary: Margaret Alyson Farman, Nurse', The Age (2001). Details

Resources

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