Sunday, September 26, 2021

MEDICAL STAFF

INDEX OF DOCTORS
NURSES

Nurse Sophie Tuxford
Source: Photo in Gulgong Pioneer's Museum

Nurses at Gulgong Hospital, about 1910
Matron Snelson (seated on chair); Agnes Watt (right).
Source: Photo from Barbara Gurney

Agnes Watt
Source: Photo from Barbara Gurney

Jessie Watt, younger sister of Agnes (above)
Source: Photo from Barbara Gurney

Linda Campbell
Source: Photo from Barbara Gurney

Maud Campbell (on ladder) and another nurse. Photo taken about 1920.
Source: Photo from Barbara Gurney

Nurses Margery and Doris MacDonald
who ran the Maternity hospital in Belmore Street until 1935.
Douglas Huxley on the right with his great aunts.
Source: Liz Germani

"Nurse Macdonald's private hospital, Gulgong" is referred to in the SMH in July 1925.

Margery Bruce Macdonald was listed in the Register of Nurses for 1930 to 1934 at Ormsaig, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Source: Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001) Mon 13 Jul 1931 [Issue No.90 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 2419

1935 - LEAVING GULGONG
IT is with regret that Gulgong district residents have heard of the impending departure of Matron McDonald and Sister McDonald, of Ormsaig private hospital, Gulgong. These two sisters are held in the very highest esteem by everyone, and their departure will be a severe blow to the town.

In 1925, Lillie Sarah Betts, took over Ormsaig from the Macdonald sisters and stayed until about 1937, She later worked at Carinya Private Hospital until she left to get married in the city in 1944 and thereafter lived in Bulli.
Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 6 Apr 1944 Page 16

1932 - NURSES
Bennett, Sadie, Ulan-road, via Gulgong.
Boyd, Grace Amy, Herbert-street, Gulgong.
Loy, Mary Margaret, Gulgong.
Macdonald, Margery Bruce, Ormsaig, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Paton, Annie Laura, Gulgong.
Price, Minnie, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Snelson, Martha, Gulgong District Hospital, Gulgong.
Tuxford, Sophia, Bayley-street, Gulgong.
Watt, Annie May, Tallewang-road, Gulgong.

1933 - NURSES
Bennett, Sadie, Ulan-road, via Gulgong.
Brophy, Noreen Mary, Omeo, Goolma, via Gulgong.
Loy, Mary Margaret, Gulgong.
Macdonald, Doris Isabel, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Macdonald, Margery Bruce, Ormsaig, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Paton, Annie Laura, Gulgong.
Pegus, Edna Ivy Millicent, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Price, Minnie, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Snelson, Martha, Gulgong District Hospital, Gulgong.
Stott, Gomar, Bridlington [sic], Gulgong.
Tuxford, Sophia, Bavley-street, Gulgong.
Watt, Annie May, Tallewang-road, Gulgong.

1934 - NURSES
Bennett, Sadie, Ulan-road, via Gulgong.
Brophy, Noreen Mary, Omeo, Goolma, via Gulgong.
Loy, Mary Margaret, Gulgong.
Macdonald, Doris Isabel, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Macdonald, Margery Bruce, Ormsaig, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Maxwell, Louisa Mary, Sans Grove, Gulgong.
Paton, Annie Laura, Gulgong.
Pegus, Edna Ivy Millicent, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Price, Minnie, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Snelson, Martha, Gulgong District Hospital, Gulgong.
Stott, Gomar, Brislington, Gulgong.
Watt, Annie May, Tallewang-road, Gulgong.

1935 - NURSES
Bennett, Sadie, Ulan-road, via Gulgong.
Betts, Lillie Sarah, Ormsaig, Belmore-street, Gulgong.
Brophy, Noreen Mary, Omeo, Goolma, via Gulgong
Farthing, Mrs. Ellen, Loretta, Cooyal-street, Gulgong.
Loy, Mary Margaret, Gulgong.
Maxwell, Louisa Mary, Sans Grove, Gulgong.
Paton, Annie Laura, Gulgong.
Pegus, Edna Ivy Millieent, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Price, Minnie, District Hospital, Gulgong.
Snelson, Martha, Gulgong District Hospital, Gulgong
Stott, Gomar, Brislington, Gulgong.
Walsh, Alice, c/o. W. Gaudry, Medley-street, Gulgong.
Watt, Annie May, Tallewang-road, Gulgong.

1942 - LAUNDRESS
Mrs. Reinhardt, who up till recently had been laundress at the Gulgong District Hospital for about 22 years, is now, in conjunction with her daughter, Miss Ivy Reinhardt, conducting a boarding house at Lithgow.

1959 - STAFF
I started Nursing at Gulgong Hospital on 14th February 1959. Mr Livermore was the Secretary, Florence White the Matron, Rita Paul and Sr O'Neil were the senior Registered Nurses. 
Mavis Auld, Marcia Robinson, Mary Morton, Beverley Wicks, Mavis Keyssecker, Lorraine Byfield, Fay Cross who went to the Sydney Hospital and did her Registered Nurse training. Maureen Egan and Fay Boyd and of course others. 
Wardsman Mr Tuxford Tom Curry and Tom Delbridge. 
Leslie Honeysett, Sonja Osborne in the kitchen and June Honeysett.
Drs Les and Marjorie Tunley, Matron White and Rita Paul gave us lectures teaching us to become Enrolled Nurses and Dr Marjorie lectured us in Midwifery. We sat the exam set by the Nurses Registration Board and we all passed. We were Assistants in Nursing before our exams. I give thanks to the Drs & the Nursing Sister's for taking us under their care to educate us and bring our skills up to a high standard. Thank you Gulgong. 
I spent 51 years as a Nurse and worked at 11 different Hospitals. After the Tunleys came Dr Humphrey and Dr. Fletcher - two wonderful doctors too. They were great educators and we learnt a lot from them. Matron White and Sr Paul trained us to have the skills of a first year Registered Nurse and Sr O'Neil taught us how to care for the babies.
Source: Patricia Hartley

1966 - NURSES
My name was Doris Jones now (Davis). My sister worked there before me Mary Jones now (Sams). There was Gesella Merse, Helen Norris, Margarey Boyd, Clair Boyd

1970s - NURSES
Betty Hensley nurse
Norma Hensley nurse
Rosemary Doherty RN

1986 - DOMESTIC STAFF
I started in 1986 in the kitchen. Some of the domestic staff I worked with Lesley and Ellis Ellery, Joan Marshall, Nell O'Brien, Zelma Drew, June Aurish, Faye Bennett, Lorne Kapela, Stephanie Barrett, Peter Burrows
Source: Ashcroft Margaret


xx- STAFF WITHOUT DATES

Nurses: Beulah Mckechnie, Mavis Auld, June Honeysett, Sister Rita Paul (Hooper)
Joan Jackson EN
Bernice Wood RN
Joan Walsh RN
Christine Roach EN
Ngaire Salan RN
Lurlie Hollow RN
Betty Weis EN
Robyn King RN
Judith Cornish RN
Alison Elliott EN
Arthur Johnson EN
Veronica Vile EN
Cathy Comer RN
Annette Pasco Matron
Natalie Buckle EN
Graham Buckle RN
Robyn Evan’s RN
Tina Jackson EN
Carol Death EN
Anne Boyd EN
Joanne Bennett (Nunn) EN
Peta McGregor
Jenny Potter EN
Elaine Robinson EN
Ros Seis RN
Edith Lewis RN
Lyn Marr RN
Helen Fishpool RN
Janet Breen EN
Edith Lewis RN
Graham Tye EN
Marg Rickwood
Marcia Robinson
Jennifer Deville
Lurlie Piper/Hollow
Matron Pascoe
Jenny Eade
Jenny Potter EN
Matron Davis
Sister Pettet
Betty Delbridge EN
Joy Ellery EN
Lorraine Byfield
Ruth Thompson
Kathy Jennings (later became a Nun in the Catholic Church).

Cleaners: June Aurish Grace Casey, Dolly Miller, Amy ? Mrs McTegg, Mrs Jackson

Kitchen: Daphne Dempsey

Wardsmen: Tom Curry, Laurie Nairne, Peter Kapela, Thomas Hewitt, Mervyn Stanford 

Unknown roles: 
Lorna Kapela
Marlene and Jan Panel
Betty Macmanus
Ella Morrison
Dot Benson
Cath Codner
Teresa….
Rose Simmons
Amy twiddle
Margaret and Tricky … sisters
Del Gibbons
Nora Schemer
Fay Boyd

DENTISTS

A school travelling dental clinic, Gulgong, 1916
Source: SLNSW

A school travelling dental clinic, Gulgong, 1916
Source: SLNSW

NEWS ITEMS

1906 - [MATRON GILROY]
A few of the lady friends of the late Miss Gilroy, for several years matron at the Gulgong Hospital, have placed in the vestibule of that Institution, a marble tablet as a memento of the esteem in which they held the deceased lady. The tablet, which was the work of Mr. D. B. Acton, is of white marble with a frame work of black stone and bears the following inscription :—
A tribute of love and esteem to Emmie Gilroy, matron of this Hospital for four years. Died 22 March, 1906. "At rest with the Lord."
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