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Document - Photocopy of journal article, Rosemary Shields et al, Dame Maud McCarthy: Australia's most distinguished nursing export?, circa 2009-10

  • Contents page of the St John History Journal, Volume 9. Publication details followed by a list of articles in the volume. It shows this article being located on page 49.

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  • The range of black and white photocopied pages of the article including 1-3 photographic images per page.

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  • Contents page of the St John History Journal, Volume 9. Publication details followed by a list of articles in the volume. It shows this article being located on page 49.
  • The range of black and white photocopied pages of the article including 1-3 photographic images per page.

Historical information

Article published in the St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia journal, volume 9 (2009-2010), about the life and nursing career of Emma Maud McCarthy. Maud McCarthy had a profound influence on nursing, serving overseas throughout WWI and then later becoming "one of the first senior nurses to recognise the impact of war on minds, she set up separate units for men who had self-harmed and she pioneered nurse anaesthetists in the British Armed Forces" (-Rosemary Shields).

Physical description

Photocopied article from the St John History Journal. The first page is a copy of the contents page of volume 9, followed by copies of pages 49-55 containing the article and photographs.

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