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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/P001067b.htm person Ellis Constance AACR2 2 November 1872 10 September 1942 Place of Birth Carlton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Physician Constance Ellis was the first women to graduate with a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Melbourne (1903). Her undergraduate record was outstanding as she gained honours in every year of her course and in her final year exams came second in surgery and third in medicine. Ellis gained a one-year residentship at the Melbourne Hospital and later established a private obstetrics and general medicine practice in Malvern. She held many other posts at various hospitals around Melbourne. Constance Ellis was also an inaugural council member of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association and its vice-president from 1920 to 1942; president of the Medical Women's Society; councillor of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch; and the first Australian female councillor of the parent British Medical Association. 1894 1899 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Melbourne c. 1900 c. 1900 Career position - Resident at the Melbourne Hospital 1901 1902 Career position - Resident at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1902 1907 Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Queen Victoria Hospital 1903 1903 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne 1908 1919 Career position - Honorary Pathologist at the Queen Victoria Hospital 1918 1919 Career position - Founder and President of the Lyceum Club 1920 1942 Career position - Vice-President of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association

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 Ellis, Constance (18721102-19420910)

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 'Ellis, Constance', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ellis, Constance Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Ellis, Constance (1872-1942), medical practitioner Ellis, A. S. Ellis, Constance (1872-1942), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 433 Book Section: Constance Ellis (1872-1942) doctor Radi, Heather Constance Ellis (1872-1942) doctor Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Resource: RMIT University History RMIT University Archives RMIT University History RMIT University Archives 2022