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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000930b.htm person Chatfield Florence AACR2 1 February 1867 5 November 1949 Place of Birth Worthing, Sussex, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Nurse Hospital administrator Florence Chatfield was Matron and then Superintendent of the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Queensland from 1900-1934. She was also supervisor and organiser of the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception in 1918. She presided over the founding meeting in 1904 of the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (now Royal Australian Nursing Federation), and worked for it in many ways for over 40 years. She was also a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses' Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. 1885 1885 Life event - Arrived in Queensland 1885 1888 Career position - Domestic servant 1889 1892 Education - Nursing training at Brisbane General Hospital 1892 1896 Career position - Charge Nurse at Brisbane General Hospital 1897 1899 Career position - Deputy Matron at Brisbane General Hospital 1900 1934 Career position - Matron and then Superintendent at Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases 1918 1923 Career position - Supervisor and Organiser of Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception 1932 1932 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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 'Chatfield, Florence', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Chatfield, Florence Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949), nurse, and Barron, Ellen (1875-1951), nurse Law, Glenda Chatfield, Florence (1867-1949), nurse, and Barron, Ellen (1875-1951), nurse Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 622-623 Florence Chatfield - Records Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane Florence Chatfield - Records 'History of the Maternal and Child Welfare Service, Queensland'. Florence Chatfield - Records Queensland State Archives Florence Chatfield - Records 1900 - 1934 Health and Home Affairs correspondence c1900-34. Florence Chatfield - Records Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane Florence Chatfield - Records 1904 - 1944 Council minutes of the Australian Trained Nurses Association 1904, 1922-44 and Annual Reports 1922-35.