The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Roberta Jull was the first woman to establish a medical practice in Perth in 1897. She became active in social welfare, public health and politics. In 1918 Jull became the first Medical Officer of Schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department and took a leading part in the infant health movement.

Events

• 1970

  Graduated from Glasgow University (Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery)

• 1970

  Joined her brother’s practice at Guilford, Western Australia

• 1925 - 1930

  Warden of Convocation of the University of Western Australia

• 1933

  Elected Honorary Life Associate for the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of Western Australia

• 1925 - 1927

  Foundation member and first president of the Association of University Women

• 1938

  Adviser to the royal commission on the administration of Perth City

• 1970

  Local supervisor of public examinations for the University of Adelaide

• 1946

  Foundation president of the residential university women’s college (St Catherine’s)

• 1926 - 1928

  Federal president of the Association of University Women

• 1927

  Foundation member and president of the Women’s University College Fund committee

• 1930

  Vice-president of the Women’s Immigration Auxiliary Council

• 1970

  Married Martin Edward Jull, Under Secretary for the Public Works Department, afterwards first Public Servic Commissioner, Western Australia

• 1970

  Established a medical practice in Perth, the first woman to do so

• 1916 - 1917

  Campaigned effectively for the early closing bill and for conscription in the referenda

• 1915

  Supported legislation for compulsory notification and treatment of venereal diseases

• 1917 - 1928

  Joined the Western Australian Department of Public Heath as medical officer for schools

• 1970

  Foundation member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch

• 1930

  Elected Honorary Life Member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch

• 1929

  Member of the Australian delegation to the League of Nations Congress

• 1930 - 1932

  President of the National Council of Women of Western Australia

• 1915 - 1942

  Member of the Senate for the University of Western Australia

• 1970

  Became a member of the Karrakatta Club for Women, Perth