McCready, Georgina (1888-1980)

Also known as
Johnstone, Georgina (1888-1980)
Field of activity
Nurse, Nursing administrator and Unionist; hospital matron (general); nurse (general); nursing administrator; trade union official; Nurse, Nurse administrator and Unionist
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McCREADY, GEORGINA (1888-1980), nurse, trade unionist and administrator, was born on 17 December 1888 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, daughter of George Johnstone, telephone inspector, and his wife Margaret, née Gibson. The parents moved with their eight children to Glasgow and Georgina was educated there. While employed in a chartered accountant's office, she advanced to ledger-work and learned shorthand at evening-college. She then sought a new vocation, entered the Eastern District Hospital and qualified as a general nurse on 1 November 1912. Georgina accompanied her father when he visited relations in Australia in 1913. In the following year the entire family settled in the Sydney suburb of Dumbleton (Beverly Hills).

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Georgina McCready was appointed as one of the first supervisory sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) in 1931, she was its first honorary secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949. The McCready Scholarship (tenable at NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was appointed MBE - Member of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 8 June 1963, for services to the nursing profession.

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Georgina McCready was appointed as one of the first Supervisory Sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) in 1931, she was its first Honorary Secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949. The McCready Scholarship (tenable NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 8 June 1963, for services to nursing.

Georgina McCready (née Johnstone) was born 17 December 1888 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. She married Samuel McCready (died 1940) on 25 January 1932 at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney City, and died 16 September 1980 in Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales. She received her General Nursing Certificate from Eastern District Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland in 1912. She visited Australia with her father in 1913 and in 1914 the Johnstone family moved to Sydney. In 1914 she registered with the Australasian Trained Nurses Association, completing her Midwifery Certificate at the Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Sydney in 1922 and her Mothercraft Certificate at the Tresillian Centre, Petersham, New South Wales in 1928. She was appointed as one of the first Supervisory Sisters in the New South Wales Department of Health in 1929, under the Public Health Act (1929). A founding member of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA), 27 February 1931, she was its first Honorary Secretary and the first woman to hold such a position in an industrial organisation in Australia. McCready held this post again in 1935 and from 1941 to 1945, becoming Assistant General Secretary, 1946-1953.

McCready was one of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing (NSWCN) in 1949, and held the post of President of the Provisional Council from 12 January 1949 to 31 January 1950 (called Honorary Chairman to 19 May 1949). She was recognised as a Founder and invested as Foundation Fellow, 18 September 1952. She was one of the first two people to become Life Members of New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA), 1953. The McCready Scholarship (tenable at NSWCN) was established in 1954 by NSWNA in her honour. She was awarded the MBE, 8 June 1963, for services to nursing.

  • 1913 Private nursing home in Bedford, UK
  • 1913 - 1915 Head Nurse at Renwick Children's Hospital in Summer Hill, New South Wales
  • 1915 - 1916 Deputy Matron of St George District Hospital in Kogarah, New South Wales
  • 1917 - 1918 Private hospital in Kogarah
  • 1919 - 1923 Sister and Matron at the Cessnock Hospital, New South Wales
  • 1923 - 1926 Matron at Maitland Hospital, New South Wales
  • 1926 - July 1928 Matron at Broken Hill Hospital, New South Wales
  • July 1928 - March 1932 Baby Health Centres and Supervisory Sister with the Department of Health in New South Wales
  • 1932 - 1943 Honorary Secretary of the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA)
  • 1943 - 1945 Salaried officer at NSWNA
  • 1946 - 1953 Assistant General Secretary in NSWNA
  • 1953 - 1960 Worked at NSWNA (part-time)
  • 1963 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Australian Women's Register

  1. McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Biographical EntryBright Sparcs : McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Biographical Entry
    [2002]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004113b.htm
  2. McCready, Georgina (1888-1980)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online 15 : McCready, Georgina (1888-1980)
    Woolston, Hazel
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150219b.htm
  3. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  4. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  5. The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program: Papers of the New South Wales Nurses Association (1933 - 1987)
    Minute books of council, policy committees, divisions and annual conferences; organiser reports; constitution and rules, 1946; reports; financial records; arbitration records.
    A3 Z142

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. McCready, Georgina (1888-1980), nurse, trade unionist and administratorAustralian Dictionary of Biography John Ritchie 15 182 : McCready, Georgina (1888-1980), nurse, trade unionist and administrator
    Woolston, Hazel
    [2000]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  2. An Unsentimental Union: the NSW Nurses Association, 1931-1992
    Dickenson, Mary
    [1993]
    Published: Hale and Iremonger
  3. The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program: Papers, New South Wales Nurses Association (1933 - 1987)
    Minute books of council, policy committees, divisions and annual conferences; organiser reports; constitution and rules, 1946; reports; financial records; arbitration records.
    A3 Z142

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