- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1594
Hastie, Carolyn
- Occupation Midwife
Summary
Carolyn Hastie is a prominent midwife who stood for several elections and represented two political parties. Firstly she was an Australian Democrats candidate in the elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wyong in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for Dobell in 2001. Carolyn then ran for the Earthsave Australia party in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for The Entrance.
Details
Carolyn Hastie is a midwife, educator, mother and grandmother. She is passionate about making the childbearing experience as fulfilling as possible. She established the Belmont Birthing Service, a stand alone midwifery practice. She has written widely on the subject, particularly for the publication Birth Issues.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Hastie, Carolyn, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-747056