Wikidata: Grace Warren (Q114442226)
Dr Grace Warren | |
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| Born | Agnes Grace Warren 1929 (age 94–95) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Known for | Leprosy care and treatment |
| Relatives | David Warren (brother) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon and researcher |
| Research | neuropathic limbs |
| Notable works | Warren, Grace; Hicks, Lesley. Doctor Number 49: Grace Warren of The Leprosy Mission. ISBN 9780646970264. |
Dr Grace Warren AM (born 1929) is an Australian doctor known for her work in the area of leprosy care and treatment.
Early life
editWarren was born in 1929 in Sydney, New South Wales.[1] Her parents were Anglican missionary Rev. Hubert and Ellie Warren. She was one of four children. An older sibling was David Warren. Their father was killed in a plane crash into Bass Strait in 1934.
Medical career
editWarren's first education was in obstetrics, the only surgical discipline open to women in the 1950s at the University of Sydney. She then earned a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and spent 18 months at a women's hospital run by the Australian Presbyterian Mission at Pusan in South Korea. She had developed interest in treating leprosy, so her next position was at the leprosy hospital on Hayling Chau island in Hong Kong. She became permanent staff in 1962 having become an expert in the treatment of deformities caused by leprosy. She submitted her research to the University of Sydney and was awarded a Master of Surgery in 1972.[2] When the Hei Ling Chau Leprosy Hospital closed in 1975, she continued to work throughout Asia on behalf of Leprosy Mission International. She worked by visiting leprosy hospitals and teaching all staff to use what they had available, rather than sending a senior medical officer away from the hospital to a Leprosy Teaching Center. She officially retired in 1989, but continued to operate overseas for months each year until 2012. She also shared her experience at hospitals in Australia for treating other forms of neuropathy, such as caused by diabetes. She continued to consult into her mid-eighties.[1]
Warren became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1977, at which time she advocated that Australia should follow World Health Organisation reccomendations to treat leprosy the same as other infectious diseases, instead of specific laws about leprosy.[3]
Warren received an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Sydney on 2 May 1985.[4]
Community
editWarren was created a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Australia Day Honours for her international work on leprosy.[5] She was awarded the Star of Pakistan in 2006.
Warren is the namesake for Warren House at William Clarke College in northwestern Sydney.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Warren, Grace (1929-) AM SPk MD MS FRACS FRCS FAOrthA DTM&H(Syd)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Warren, Agnes Grace (31 May 2010), Patterns of tarsal bone disintegration in leprosy patients, University of Sydney, retrieved 31 January 2024
- ^ "Criticism of law on leprosy". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 913. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1977. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dr Grace Warren" (PDF). University of Sydney. 30 April 1985. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for Dr Agnes Grace WARREN". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 1986. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
AM NSW NY86. FOR SERVICE TO MEDICINE AND TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF LEPROSY CARE AND TREATMENT
- ^ "Dr Warren Visits Warren House". William Clarke College. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
Wikidata: Heather McKean (Q109622091)
Heather McKean | |
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| Born | 20 February 1932 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Family | Joy McKean (sister) |
| Musical career | |
| Formerly of | McKean Sisters |
Heather McKean (born 20 February 1932) is an Australian country music singer. She performed with her sister Joy McKean as the McKean Sisters who were inducted to the Australian Roll of Renown in 1983. She was awarded the Golden Guitar for "Female artist of the year" in 1976 at the Country Music Awards of Australia.
Heather and her older sister Joy McKean performed as the McKean Sisters on their own half-hour Saturday radio show on 2KY in the 1940s. They were noted for their yodelling harmonies.[1][2] The Melody Trail starring the two sisters ran from 1949 until 1956. The McKeans began recording, and from 1951 with Rodeo Label they cut such trademark hits as "Gymkhana Yodel" and "Yodel Down The Valley".[3]
McKean hosted a radio show "On the Trail with Heather McKean" from about 1958.[4]
McKean married Reg Lindsay on 13 February 1954. They opened a country-themed shop, Reg Lindsay's Country Store and Trading Post, at Concord in Sydney in 1969. She has three children with Reg Lindsay.[4] They separated in 1982.
References
edit- ^ Cite error: The named reference
abc.net.auwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "NT Country Hour". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 May 2023.
- ^ "A Tribute to The McKean Sisters". History of Country Music in Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b Kusko, Julie (28 May 1969). "Boots-'n-buckskins". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 36, no. 52. p. 12. Retrieved 2 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Nugent, Kate; Ellis, Max (26 January 2007). "A Tribute to the McKean Sisters". History of Country Music in Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Dawson, Dave (12 August 2008). "Reg Lindsay Obituary". Dave's Diary. NuCountry. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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