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13 August 2020
Helen Booth WILES MBBS, FRACP, CCH
Helen Wiles grew up in Sydney’s east and attended secondary school at Ascham in Edgecliff. She was a very bright student and topped her class every year. She achieved “Honours” […]
2 May 2019
Rosalind HINDE BSc (Hons) PhD
Marine biologist Professor Rosalind Hinde was the daughter of novelist, critic and writers’ advocate Barbara Tarlton Jefferis and well-known Australian film critic and ABC journalist, John Hinde. Rosalind was educated […]
2 May 2019
Suzanne McKENZIE MBBS, MMedSci (ClinEpid) GCULT FRACGP
Suzanne attended Pymble Ladies College and in 1982 entered medical school at Sydney University, residing at Women’s College. She did her internship at Hornsby and Ryde hospitals, and residency in […]
2 May 2019
Beverley RAPHAEL AM MB BS, MD, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, Hon MD, FASSA
Beverley was born in Casino, New South Wales. She graduated from the local high school second in the state in physics and chemistry, and studied medicine at the University of […]
2 May 2019
Betty Marks (McEWEN) OAM MBBS
Betty Jean Harvard McEwen was born at Oatley, Sydney, the second of three children born to Dr Bruce and Bessie McEwen. Betty was educated at Marsden Church of England Girls’ […]
22 May 2015
Hazel Claire WEEKES, M.B.E. BSc, DSc, MBBS
Medical Practitioner, Broadcaster on Anxiety Neuroses (1904-90) Dr. CLAIRE WEEKES came to College from Sydney Girls’ High School in 1922. She was awarded the Yaralla Scholarship and studied science. Her […]
22 May 2015
Lindsey Fairfield SMITH BSc, PhD
Astronomer et al Lindsey Smith studied initially at Sydney University and obtained her Doctorate of Philosophy from the Australian National University. She pursued a distinguished career in astronomy research with […]
22 May 2015
Patricia Selkirk (CONNELL) PhD
Scientist Terrestrial scientist Dr Patricia Selkirk was awarded the Australian Antarctic Medal in 2004. Patricia has been a member of 17 Antarctic expeditions since 1979, and has spent a total […]
22 May 2015
Grace JOHNSTON, Dip Massage, MBBS
Medical Practitioner GRACE JOHNSTON was born in Sydney in 1906. Her father was Swedish, with Scottish connections and her mother was an Australian of English and Danish ancestry. As a […]
22 May 2015
Joan FREEMAN
Nuclear Physicist JOAN FREEMAN, a great Australian, a nuclear physicist who helped unlock some of the secrets of the universe, died 18 March 1998. Her story is outlined in her […]