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Helen Cohn
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2022-03-17
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https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005554b.htm
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Hellicar
Jane
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Jane Hellicar-Smith
7 November 1840
18 July 1914
Place of Birth
Bristol, United Kingdom
Place of Death
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nurse
Jane Hellicar was the first Nightingale-nurse to be employed as Lady Superintendent of any hospital in Queensland. In 1877 she was appointed to the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane, the second children's hospital established in Australia. When her position was abolished because of the Hospital's dire finances, Hellicar moved to Sydney with her fiancé. For a short time in 1880 she was Lady Superintendent at the Sydney Hospital for Sick Children
1854
1854
Life event - Migrated to Melbourne with her family
1875
1875
Education - Trained as a Nightingale nurse, Westminster Hospital, London
1877
1879
Career position - Lady Superintendent, Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane
1880
1880
Career position - Lady Superintendent, Sydney Hospital for Sick Children
Hellicar, Jane (18401107-19140718)
Trove
'Hellicar, Jane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Hellicar, Jane
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Journal Article: The origins of modern nursing in Queensland: the life and service of Jane Hellicar (1840-1914)
Pearn, John; Isles, Alan; and Sullivan, Peter
The origins of modern nursing in Queensland: the life and service of Jane Hellicar (1840-1914)
2015
Queensland History Journal
22
9
702-12