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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/P000970b.htm person Bell Jane OBE AACR2 16 March 1873 6 August 1959 Place of Birth Dumfriesshire, Scotland Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nurse Jane Bell was lady superintendent of Melbourne Hospital 1910-1934. She made many innovations, including replacement of male orderlies by sisters in the operating theatres; the appointment of tutor-sisters to instruct trainees and of a house-sister to supervise the nurses' quarters; the introduction of a six-week preliminary course; and pay for trainee-nurses. 1898 1898 Career position - Nursing Certificate, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1898 1903 Career position - Various staff appointments 1903 1904 Career position - Matron at Bundaberg Hospital, Queensland 1904 1906 Career position - Matron at Brisbane General Hospital 1906 1907 Career position - Midwifery training at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London 1907 1910 Career position - Senior Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1910 1934 Career position - Lady Superintendent of Melbourne Hospital 1913 1915 Career position - Australian Army Nursing Service 1924 1950 Career position - Member of the Nurses' Board 1931 1934 Career position - President, Royal Victorian College of Nursing 1938 1946 Career position - President, Royal Victorian College of Nursing 1944 1944 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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 'Bell, Jane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bell, Jane Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Jane Bell (1873-1959) hospital matron Williams, Jennifer Jane Bell (1873-1959) hospital matron Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Book Section: Bell, Jane (1873-1959), hospital matron Gardiner, Lyndsay Bell, Jane (1873-1959), hospital matron Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 257 Book: Jane Bell, OBE, Lady Superintendent: the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1910-1934 Goodman, Rupert and Williams, Jennifer A. Jane Bell, OBE, Lady Superintendent: the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1910-1934 Melbourne Spectrum Publications 1988 Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944