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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2002-02-08 human Australian Nursing History Project, Judith Cornell updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004113b.htm person McCready Georgina MBE AACR2 Johnstone, Georgina 17 December 1888 16 September 1980 Place of Birth Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Place of Death Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia Nurse Nurse administrator Unionist Georgina McCready was appointed as one of the first Supervisory Sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) in 1931, she was its first Honorary Secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949. The McCready Scholarship (tenable NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 8 June 1963, for services to nursing.

Georgina McCready (née Johnstone) was born 17 December 1888 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. She married Samuel McCready (died 1940) on 25 January 1932 at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney City, and died 16 September 1980 in Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales. She received her General Nursing Certificate from Eastern District Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland in 1912. She visited Australia with her father in 1913 and in 1914 the Johnstone family moved to Sydney. In 1914 she registered with the Australasian Trained Nurses Association, completing her Midwifery Certificate at the Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Sydney in 1922 and her Mothercraft Certificate at the Tresillian Centre, Petersham, New South Wales in 1928. She was appointed as one of the first Supervisory Sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA), 27 February 1931, she was its first Honorary Secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready held this post again in 1935 and from 1941 to 1945, becoming Assistant General Secretary, 1946-1953.

McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949, and held the post of President of the Provisional Council from 12 January 1949 to 31 January 1950 (called Honorary Chairman to 19 May 1949). She was recognised as a Founder and invested as Foundation Fellow, 18 September 1952. She was one of the first two people to become Life Members of New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA), 1953. The McCready Scholarship (tenable at NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was awarded the MBE, 8 June 1963, for services to nursing.

1913 1913 Private nursing home in Bedford, UK 1913 1915 Head Nurse at Renwick Children's Hospital in Summer Hill, New South Wales 1915 1916 Deputy Matron of St George District Hospital in Kogarah, New South Wales 1917 1918 Private hospital in Kogarah 1919 1923 Sister and Matron at the Cessnock Hospital, New South Wales 1923 1926 Matron at Maitland Hospital, New South Wales 1926 July 1928 Matron at Broken Hill Hospital, New South Wales July 1928 March 1932 Baby Health Centres and Supervisory Sister with the Department of Health in New South Wales 1932 1943 Honorary Secretary, New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) 1943 1945 Salaried officer at NSWNA 1946 1953 Assistant General Secretary in NSWNA 1953 1960 Worked at NSWNA (part-time) 1963 1963 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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 'McCready, Georgina', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCready, Georgina Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: McCready, Georgina (1888-1980), nurse, trade unionist and administrator Woolston, Hazel McCready, Georgina (1888-1980), nurse, trade unionist and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 182 Book: An Unsentimental Union: the NSW Nurses Association, 1931-1992 Dickenson, Mary An Unsentimental Union: the NSW Nurses Association, 1931-1992 Sydney Hale and Iremonger 1993 Papers, New South Wales Nurses Association The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program Papers, New South Wales Nurses Association A3 Z142 1933 - 1987 Minute books of council, policy committees, divisions and annual conferences; organiser reports; constitution and rules, 1946; reports; financial records; arbitration records. 7.8 m Signature of Georgina McCready Signature of Georgina McCready Courtesy New South Wales College of Nursing. Georgina McCready Georgina McCready Courtesy New South Wales College of Nursing.

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