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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-11-29 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005303b.htm person Bardsley Doris AACR2 9 April 1895 21 January 1968 Place of Birth Gorton, Lancashire, England Place of Death Mosman, New South Wales, Australia Nurse Public servant Midwife Doris Bardsley was a nurse and midwife who worked for nearly 40 years in the Queensland public service. She spent 12 years as the sister-in-charge of all Queensland Government Baby Clinics (1925-1937) during which time she greatly expanded the number of operating clinics which in turn promoted the growth of child-welfare and mothercraft education services in the state. She was a strong advocate of ongoing education, both for mothers and for nurses and in the position of Superintendent of infant-welfare nurses (QLD Maternal and Child Welfare Service) she instigated numerous educational programs available through correspondence and secondary school as well as being a foundation member of the College of Nursing, Australia (1948). She went on to become vice-president, president and eventually a Fellow of the College. From 1953 until her retirement in 1961, Bardsley served as adviser-in-nursing to Queensland's Department of Health and Home Affairs. 1920 1920 Education - Training to register as general nurse, Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases c. 1921 c. 1921 Education - Midwifery certificate at (Royal) Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1922 1923 Career position - Matron, St Denis's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland 1923 1924 Career position - Head of the Maternal and Child Welfare Training Centre, Fortitude Valley 1925 c. 1937 Career position - Sister-in-charge of Queensland Government Baby Clinics 1926 1957 Career position - Councillor of the Queensland branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' 1937 1939 Career position - Acting-superintendent of infant-welfare nurses, Queensland Maternal and Child Welfare service 1939 Career position - Superintendent of infant-welfare nurses, Queensland Maternal and Child Welfare service 1949 1953 Career position - State President of the Queensland branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' 1951 1956 Career position - National President of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation 1953 1961 Career position - Adviser-in-nursing to Queensland's Department of Health and Home Affairs 1962 1962 Award - Elected a Fellow, College of Nurses, Australia

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 Bardsley, Doris (18950409-19680121)

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 'Bardsley, Doris', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bardsley, Doris Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Bardsley, Doris (1895-1968), nurse Gregory, Helen Bardsley, Doris (1895-1968), nurse Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 110-111

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