Rockhampton Hospital Staff 1930


Title	Rockhampton Hospital Staff 1930
Description	The photograph shows doctors and senior nursing staff at the Rockhampton Hospital in 1930. Back row (L to R): Sisters Margret Fraser, Evelyn Scot, P. Bradford, Christine (Tot) Healy, Janet Sheppard, Betty Cummings, Alma Collins, Ivy Baker; Front Row: Dr Dallas Walker, Matron Edith Smith, Dr Claude Constable. Dr Constable was appointed by the Rockhampton Hospitals Board at a meeting on 18 December 1930 when Miss E. M. Smith was reappointed as Matron and Sister Fraser, formally Sub-Matron, was appointed as Senior Sister. Edith Smith held the Matron's position from May 1929 until September 1931. Sisters Fraser and Collins went on to hold the position of Matron in the hospital in later years, and Sister Baker served for many years as Deputy Matron and occasionally Acting Matron. (Information taken from: The Brisbane Courier 11 September 1931 p.3 retrieved from National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21741187 accessed 07 Sep 2010)
Image Number	81
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original)
Subject	Bradford, P.
Subject	Collins, Alma
Subject	Cummings, Betty
Subject	Doctors
Subject	Fraser, Margaret
Subject	Healy, Christine (Tot)
Subject	Hospital Matrons
Subject	Nurses
Subject	Scot, Evelyn
Subject	Sheppard, Janet
Coverage - Spatial	Rockhampton Hospital
Coverage - Spatial	Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time	1930
Format of Original	photographic print: b&w (23.3 cm x 17.2 cm); scan .tif 15.7 MB 2719 x 2019 pixels
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Rights	This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.