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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-06 human Sara Maroske updated 2025-08-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007635b.htm person Mocatta Annie Mildred AACR2 23 November 1887 15 February 1984 Place of Birth St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Hacknet, South Australia, Australia Medical practitioner Kindergarten teacher Mildred Mocatta was a kindergarten teacher in Perth for seven years, having completed her training in Sydney in 1919. She then enrolled to do a science degree at the University of Western Australia in 1917, but moved to Melbourne the following year to undertake a medical degree. Having registered as a medical practitioner in South Australia in May 1922, she held positions at the Parkside Mental Hospital and the Adelaide Hospital before establishing her own practice with financial support from her father, the banks having refused her a loan. In 1936 she travelled to the United Kingdom where she worked at Hammersmith Hospital while studying to gain her membership Diploma from the Royal College of Physicians MRCP). She retired from private practice in 1961 when her eyesight deteriorated. During her career Mocatta held several honorary positions in Adelaide hospitals, including the Mareeba Babies' Hospital (where she worked with Dr Helen Mayo) and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mocatta was noted for her support for the kindergarten movement, participation in war work during WWII, and art collecting. She was involved with in a number of women's organisations in Adelaide including the Lyceum Club, of which she was Secretary for four years, the South Australian Medical Women's' Society, the Women's Service Guilds of South Australia, and the Girl Guide Association of South Australia. She was an enthusiastic breeder and shower of Sealyham terriers. 1910 1910 Education - Completed 3-year course at Kindergarten Training College, Sydney 1913 1917 Career position - Inaugural director of Perth's second free kindergarten, Marquis St 1922 1922 Career position - Founding Member, Lyceum Club, Adelaide 1922 1922 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 11 May 1922 11 May 1922 Life event - Registered as a qualified medical practitioner in South Australia 1923 1924 Career position - Junior Medical Officer, Parkside Mental Hospital, Adelaide February 1923 February 1923 Career event - Appointed acting deputy superintendent at the Parkside Mental Hospital, Adelaide 1924 1924 Career event - Appointed clinical assistant to the pathologist, Adelaide Hospital 1924 1928 Career position - Secretary, Lyceum Club, Adelaide September 1924 September 1924 Career event - Established private practice, Adelaide 1926 1929 Career position - Honorary Assistant Pathologist, Mareeba Babies' Hospital, South Australia 22 June 1927 22 June 1927 Career event - Appointed to the Committee, House of Mercy, Adelaide 1929 1929 Career event - Appointed honorary assistant visiting physician and honorary pathologist, Mareeba Babies' Hospital, South Australia 1936 1936 Education - Diploma of membership, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom (MRCP) August 1936 Career position - Member, Executive Committee, Girl Guide Association of South Australia 1940 1945 Career position - Assistant Honorary Anaesthetist, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1961 1961 Career event - Retired from practice Mayo, Helen Mary (1878 - 1967) Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

Assistant Honorary Anaesthetist 1940 - 1945

 'Mocatta, Annie Mildred (Mildred)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mocatta, Annie Mildred (Mildred) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation