- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0104
Doherty, Muriel Knox
- RRC
- Born 19 July 1896, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died 29 September 1988
- Occupation Nurse educator, Nursing administrator
Summary
Muriel Knox Doherty began nursing in 1921 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, and set up the first preliminary training school at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1933-1937. In her capacity as matron-in-charge she was the first nurse appointed to the rank of squadron leader in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), where she inaugurated the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. After World War II she worked with displaced persons at Bergen Belsen concentration camp, as a member of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. One of four founders of the New South Wales College of Nursing in 1949, she was also instrumental in the establishment of the Civilian Nursing Services Bureau, and co-authored the first Australian text book for nurses, Modern Practical Nursing Procedures, 1944. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (1st Class) in 1945 for her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.
Archival resources
Published resources
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Book
- Off The Record - The Life and Times of Muriel Knox Doherty 1896-1988: An Autobiography, Doherty, Muriel Knox and Russell, R. Lynette (ed.), 1996
- The Life and Times of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Doherty, Muriel Knox and Russell, R. Lynette (ed.), 1996
- Letters from Belsen 1945 : An Australian Nurse's Experiences with the Survivors of War, Doherty, Muriel Knox, and Cornell, Judith and Russell, R. Lynette (eds.), 2000
- Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health, Murray, James, 1997
- Story of the RAAF nursing service : 1940-1990, Halstead, Gay., 1994
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Resource Section
- Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896 - 1988), Biographical Entry, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P003416b.htm
- DOHERTY, MURIEL KNOX, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=306784
- DOHERTY, MURIEL KUOX, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1081225
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove: Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896-1988), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-632603
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html