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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001041b.htm person Clement Dixie Paumier AACR2 23 December 1879 25 July 1935 Place of Birth Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland Place of Death Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Physician Obstetrician Dixie Clement arrived in Australia from Ireland in 1895. He quickly got a job in prospecting and was part of the team that discovered the Lancefield mine in Laverton. He worked at Laverton until 1902 then returned to Perth to matriculate. Clement then went back to Ireland to study medicine and obstetrics at Trinity College in Dublin. After graduating in 1908 he returned to Western Australia and set up a private practice with Dr Athelstan Saw. He was instrumental in the fight to improve childbirth facilities and midwifery training in Western Australia, which lead to the creation of the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women. Clement worked there as an honorary physician for many years. On top of this he held honorary positions at several other hospitals including the Perth Hospital, the Home of the Good Sheppard and St Brigid's Convent. Dixie Clement was honorary secretary of the council of the Western Australian branch of the British Medical Association for four years, and its president for one year. 1895 1895 Life event - Arrived in Australia (Perth) c. 1903 c. 1905 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland c. 1905 c. 1908 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (BCh), Trinity College, Dublin c. 1905 c. 1908 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Trinity College, Dublin 1908 1908 Education - Bachelor of Obstetrics (BAO) and Licentiate of Midwifery, Rotunda Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin 1924 1924 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Western Australian branch

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 'Clement, Dixie Paumier', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clement, Dixie Paumier Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Clement, Dixie Paumier (1879-1935), physician and obstetrician Staples, A. C. Clement, Dixie Paumier (1879-1935), physician and obstetrician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 25-26