• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE6114

Luly, Gwendolen

(1898 – 1988)
  • Born 1 January, 1898, Victoria Australia
  • Died 31 December, 1988
  • Occupation Nurse

Summary

Gwen Luly attended the University Practising School (later became University High School) from 1911 to 1913.

In 1919 Gwen started her nursing career at the Alfred Hospital, where she undertook postgraduate studies and became the Senior Sister of Operating Systems. She graduated in 1922.

In 1929 Gwen set up St Clement’s Private Hospital in Southey Street, St. Kilda. However, in 1939 Gwen cancelled the hospital’s registration and spent the war years running the Altona Air Raid Precautions.

Archival resources

  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
    • Gwen Luly (1898-1988), Volume 1, 1898 - 1927
    • Gwen Luly (1898-1988), Volume 2, 1920s - 1988
  • State Library of Victoria
    • Autograph book, 1913-1914. [manuscript].
    • Album of views of Victoria.
  • The University of Melbourne Archives
    • Papers of Evan and Gwen Luly
  • Museums Victoria Collections
    • Digital Photograph - Gwendolen Luly in Nurse's Uniform &​ Boy on Verandah of the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, 1918-1919
    • Note - Alternative to 'Gas Mask', World War II, 18 Apr 1942
    • Digital Photograph - Boy & Girl in Sailor Hats, Front Verandah, Preston, 1902

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