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Burchill, Elizabeth (1908-)

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Burchill, Dora (1904-2003)
Burchill, Dora Elizabeth (1908-)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458899

Biographies

Australian Women's Register

The daughter of Alholstane Chase and Rosina (née Sherrin), Elizabeth Burchill completed her education at the Camberwell State School and the Ladies Business College, Melbourne, as well as at Melbourne and Monash Universities. Before World War II Burchill worked at the Australian Inland Mission, Innamincka, Labrador, Grenfell Mission, and was a member of the British Ambulance Unit, caring for refugee children during the Spanish Civil War. She enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service on 21 December 1939 and was one of the first nurses from Victoria to go to the Middle East with the 2nd Australian Imperial Force in 1940. After the war she combined nursing with writing - particularly about the area in which she had nursed. Her publications include Australian Nurses since Nightingale: 1860-1990, a largely biographical history published in 1992. On 8 June 1998, Sister Elizabeth Burchill was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to nursing, particularly as an historian, author and philanthropist. Also she has won the Jessie Lichfield Annual Award and the Veterans' Affairs Writers Award.

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Selected resources (11)

Australian Women's Register

  1. The paths I've trod
    Burchill, Elizabeth
    [1981]
    Published: Spectrum, Melbourne
  2. Thursday Island nurse
    Burchill, Elizabeth
    [1972]
    Published: Rigby, Adelaide
  3. Innamincka
    Burchill, Elizabeth
    [1960]
    Published: Hodder and Stoughton, Melbourne
  4. Thursday Island nurse
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-2003
    [1972]
    Published: Rigby, Adelaide
  5. Australian nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990
    Burchill, Elizabeth
    [1992]
    Published: Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd, Richmond (Vic.)
  6. A dedicated nurse who practised around the world
    Hudson, Susan
    [2004]
  7. Burchill, Dora Elizabeth
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
  8. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
  9. Who's who in Australia 2003
    De Micheli, Catherine and Herd, Margaret
    [2003]
    Published: Crown Content, North Melbourne
  10. Who's who of Australian women
    Lofthouse, Andrea
    [1982]
    Published: Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW)
  11. [Biographical cuttings on Sister Elizabeth Burchill]
    [Press cuttings ]
    National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room

Resources By Elizabeth Burchill (10)

  1. Innamincka / Elizabeth Burchill
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1960-1983]
  2. New Guinea nurse [Elizabeth Burchill]
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1967-1986]
  3. The paths Ive trod / forewords by Alan Marshall and Howard Smith
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1981-1993]
  4. Australian nurses since Nightingale, 1860-1990 / by Elizabeth Burchill ; edited by John Morley
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book : 1992]
  5. Thursday Island nurse
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book : 1972]
  6. Manuscripts of "Innamincka" and "Thursday Island nurse"
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Unpublished : 1950-1970]
  7. [Launch of Elizabeth Burchill's book "Australian nurses since Nightingale, 1860-1990" by Sir Edward Dunlop]
    [Video : 1993]
  8. Labrador memories / by Dora Elizabeth Burchill
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book : 1947]
  9. Papers
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Thesis : 1936-1988]
  10. Innamincka : [experiences of an A.I.M. Sister.] / With a foreword by R. G. Menzies
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book : 1960]

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  1. Website: Australian Women in War
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  2. Website: Australian Women's Archives Project
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  3. Website: Putting skirts on the sacred benches : women candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
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  1. Innamincka / Elizabeth Burchill
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1960-1983]
  2. New Guinea nurse [Elizabeth Burchill]
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1967-1986]
  3. The paths Ive trod / forewords by Alan Marshall and Howard Smith
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book, Audio book : 1981-1993]
  4. Australian nurses since Nightingale, 1860-1990 / by Elizabeth Burchill ; edited by John Morley
    Burchill, Elizabeth, 1908-
    [Book : 1992]
  1. Burchill, Elizabeth (1908-)
  2. Melba, Nellie, (Dame) (1861-1931)
    Opera Singer; Soprano; Order of the British Empire - Dame Commander; Order of the British Empire - Dame Grand Cross - Civil; opera singer
  3. Bullwinkel, Vivian. 1915-2000
  1. Family Notices
    The Sydney Morning Herald..., Wednesday 23 May 1934 p 12
    ... ln-law 30 Duncan street Arncliffe Elizabeth Catherine (Bessie) deafly beloved wife of Herbert Balley and ... 19 1934 at Katoomba (suddenly) Edyvard greatly loved husband of Elizabeth Brlsto Renton late of the ... Gertrude street Bal- gowlah aged 44 years BURCHILL-May 17 at her residence Brockies by House Corowa New ... 3398 words
  2. Family Notices
    The Argus (Melbourne,..., Monday 1 January 1934 p 1
    ... Devonport (Tasmania) Presbyterian Church by the late Rev. Stewart Byron on December 28, 1908. DEATHS. ... 28th Deccmb»r, 1933. at Kaniva, John Mann Goldsworthy beloved husband of Elizabeth Goldsworthy and ... Mollie, the dearly loved daughter of Mrs. C. Burchill, Toorak, and the late Richard Roberts, of Bal- wyn, ... 4325 words
  3. Family Notices
    The Argus (Melbourne,..., Saturday 28 April 1923 p 17
    ... Barbara Joy). BROWNE.?On the 13lh April, to Dr. ana Mrs. D. D. Browne, Cobden?a son. BURCHILL (nee Doris Robin).?On the 23rd April, at Ulverstone private hospital, thc wife ol G.-A. Burchill, £ Dawson ... Raglan street, Sale. CLARKE - McDOWELL-On the 31ft March, 1023, Johss Robert, to Elizabeth Marguerite, ... 9398 words