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- 1936 -1945 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Doctor Helen Maud (or Maude) Row, née Whiddon, was an Australian medical practitioner who graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1933. She was the first female general practitioner to practice in rural communities in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1936 to 1938, Doctor Row momentarily lived and worked in London, England, while her husband, Doctor Peter Row, also a medical graduate of the University of Sydney, completed his postgraduate studies. She undertook special work in the Infants' Hospital in Westminster. Upon returning to Australia, Doctor Row was a valued member of the Manildra/Molong community in New South Wales. She provided public classes, was appointed an honorary medical staff member of the Molong District Hospital and served as the treasurer of the Manildra Progress Association until 1945 when she returned to Brisbane. In 1949, Doctor Row was appointed as a medical officer in the Brisbane Psychiatry Clinic. From 1948 to 1952, Doctor Row was the state president of the Queensland Mothercraft Association (founded by Lady Cilento). In 2022 the University of Queensland established a scholarship for females studying a Doctor of Medicine in rural areas to commemorate the contribution of Doctor Row.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Doctor Peter Row was an Australian medical practitioner who graduated from the Sydney University with a medicine degree. Doctor Row successfully studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England, graduating in 1938. He is the husband of Doctor Helen Row whom he married in 1936.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1936-1945
Collection alternatively titled as: Helen Row Collection.
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Scope and content
Correspondence between Helen Row and her family and husband, Peter Row, from London, the Middle East and Australia.
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Language of material
- English
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- Row family (Subject)
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Status
Migrated
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.