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Lucy OSBURN
Born: 1 April 1836
Died: 22 December 1891
Special Achievements:She trained at the Nightingale Training School, St Thomas' Hospital. One month into her training she was selected to lead a team of nurses to establish the Nightingale nursing system in Australia. She and five others arrived in Sydney, 5 March 1868. In 1869 she established a training school for nurses at Sydney's 'The Infirmary.' She returned to England in 1884 due to poor health.
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References
Borowski, Eva. (date unknown). A nice staff of nurses... This Australia, 33-35.
The Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Foundation. (date unknown). Friend, Custodian or Donor? [Pamphlet]. Sydney, NSW.
MacDonnell, Freda. (1990, 30 October). Lucy Osburn – Australia’s First Nurse. The Illustrated Sydney Hospital Gazette, 3.
De Vries, Susanna. (1995). Strength of Spirit: Pioneering Women of Achievement from First Fleet to Federation. St Ives, New South Wales: Millennium Books.
Nurse Uncut Australia. "From Nightingale nurses to modern profession: nursing in Australia".
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Osburn, Lucy (1836–1891)".
The Australian Women's Register. "Osburn, Lucy (1835 - 1891)".
Wikipedia. "Sydney Hospital --- Lucy Osburn".