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Ellen Sarah KETTLE
Also known as: Sister Kettle, "hook and eye sister"
Born: 21/4/1922
Died: 2/8/1999
Special Achievements:Nurse of remote Australia, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and Timor.
Additional Information:Foundation member of northern Territory Chapter of the College of Nursing of Australia.
1967 - Author of Gone Bush.
1967 - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil).
Resources
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Image - Sister Ellen Kettle with Albert Namatjira's twin grandsons
Image courtesy of Northern Territory Library
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Document - Kettle MBE, Ellen Sarah
Document courtesy of the "Bicentennial NT Women's Project, '48-'98: Northern Territory Women's Register"
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Link - Kettle, Ellen Sarah (1922 - 1999)
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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Link - Ellen Kettle's Diary
National Treasure from Australia's Great Libraries, National Library of Australia
