Special Achievements

• First migrant in South Australia to be fully recognised and registered as a medical practitioner.
• 1968 - Was appointed and the first female to hold the position of Director of Transfusion Service and Senior Clinical Haematologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.

Additional Information

• 1994 - Flinders University planted a tree in her name "in honour of women whose lives and achievements have reflected the hopes and struggles of the early suffragists'.
• 1995 - Order of Australia for "service to the community, particularly through women's organisations and to medicine."
• 1997 - Rotary International Jean Harris Award "in recognition of outstanding service to the development and progress of women in society."
• 2006 - Heide Taylor Medal - Premier's award for outstanding community service.

References

• (2007).  Who's Who in South Australia.  North Melbourne, Victoria:  Crown Content, p. 779.

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