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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/P000931b.htm person Barron Ellen AACR2 1875 8 July 1951 Place of Birth Abingdon, Berkshire, England Place of Death Caboolture, Queensland, Australia Nurse Health administrator Ellen Barron worked at the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from 1918 under the guidance of Florence Chatfield and in 1924 worked with Truby King in New Zealand. From 1923-1939 she was superintendent of the Baby Clinics and started a training course for infant nurses. She was a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses' Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. c. 1884 c. 1884 Life event - Arrived in Queensland 1896 1899 Education - Trained as a nurse at Brisbane General Hospital 1900 1901 Career position - Staff Nurse at Brisbane General Hospital 1902 1904 Career position - Head Nurse at Maryborough General Hospital 1904 1905 Career position - Training in obstetrics at the Women's Hospital in Rockhampton, Queensland 1906 1908 Career position - Matron at Lady Musgrave Hospital in Maryborough 1909 1912 Career position - Matron at Chillagoe Hospital 1912 1914 Career position - Training in massage in England 1915 1917 Career position - Australian Army Nursing Service 1918 1921 Career position - Baby clinics in Brisbane under Florence Chatfield 1922 1922 Career position - Karitane Training School in Dunedin, New Zealand 1923 1939 Career position - Superintendent of the baby clinics

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 'Barron, Ellen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barron, Ellen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Field, Barron (1786 - 1846), judge Currey, C. H. Field, Barron (1786 - 1846), judge Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 373-6 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 Ellen Barron - Records Queensland State Archives Ellen Barron - Records 1900 - 1945 Health and Home Affairs correspondence and Immigration lists c1900-45. Ellen Barron - Records Australian Nurses Federation, Brisbane Ellen Barron - Records 1904 - 1945 Council minutes of the Australian Trained Nurses Association 1904, 1922-45 and Annual Reports 1922-35. Ellen Barron - Records Maternal and Child Welfare Division, Brisbane Ellen Barron - Records 1918 - 1939 'History of the Maternal and Child Welfare Service, Queensland'.