- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0668
Durdin, Dorothy (Joan)
- AM, FRCNA, Duniv
- Born 16 May 1922, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Occupation Educator, Historian, Nurse
Summary
Joan Durdin, author of They Became Nurses: A History of Nursing in South Australia, 1836-1980 (1991) and Eleven Thousand Nurses: A History of Nursing Education at the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993 (1999) is a nursing historian and as a nurse educator has contributed much to the advancement of nursing through the development of advanced education in the higher education sector. In addition to her ten year’s teaching at Royal Adelaide Hospital she spent six years as a nurse educator in Papua New Guinea. She conducted extensive oral history interviews for the Royal Adelaide Hospital Heritage and History Committee, 1991-1998. Durdin is commemorated by the Joan Durdin Oration, an annual event initiated and sponsored by the Department of Clinical Nursing at the University of Adelaide.
Archival resources
Published resources
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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: Durdin, Joan (1922-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-574687
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Book
- Eleven thousand nurses : a history of nursing education at Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993, Durdin, Joan, 1999
- Eleven thousand nurses : a history of nursing education at the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993, Durdin, Joan, 1999
- They Became Nurses : A History of Nursing in South Australia, 1836-1980, Durdin, Joan, 1991
- Thesis