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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/P001348b.htm person Brown Vera Scantlebury OBE AACR2 6 August 1889 14 July 1946 Place of Birth Linton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physician Paediatrician Vera Scantlebury Brown, the wife of Edward Byam Brown, was director of the Victorian Health Department's section of infant welfare 1926-1946. She wrote books on the care of infants and young children and her 1937 report for the National Health and Medical Research Council prompted government funding of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres. 1914 1914 Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Melbourne Hospital 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1915 1917 Career position - Resident staff at the Children's Hospital 1917 1919 Career position - Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps 1919 1946 Career position - Many honorary appointments including Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the Women's and Children's hospitals, the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association, and the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria 1921 1946 Career position - Medical Officer in charge of city baby health centres (part-time) 1924 1924 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne 1925 1925 Career position - Survey of the welfare of women and children, comparing Victoria with New Zealand for the Victorian Government 1926 1946 Career position - Director of the section of infant welfare for the Health Department (part-time) 1938 1938 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1946 1946 Career position - Annual travelling scholarship of £750 established by the Vera Scantlebury Brown Child Welfare Memorial Trust Brown, Edward Byam (1880 - 1966)

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 'Brown, Vera Scantlebury', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, Vera Scantlebury Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Vera Scantlebury Brown (1889-1946) doctor Reiger, Kerreen Vera Scantlebury Brown (1889-1946) doctor Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Journal Article: Vera Scantlebury Brown: a Singular Life Anderson, Fay Vera Scantlebury Brown: a Singular Life 1998 Australasian Science 19 6 48 Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Book: A heart undivided: the life of Vera Scantlebury Brown Sheard, Heather A heart undivided: the life of Vera Scantlebury Brown [Carlton, Vic.] Faclty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne 2016 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 Vera Scantlebury Brown - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Vera Scantlebury Brown - Records Notebooks and cards; photographs and other material. 1 carton