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Dora Sweetapple
Theodora Maude Sweetapple known as Dora Sweetapple (25 May 1872 – 9 October 1972) was an Australian nurse. She was one of the first district nurses and the first woman employed by the City of Adelaide. Life Sweetapple was born in 1872 in Port Adelaide. Her parents Ann Mapleson (born Mitchell) and William Deane Sweetapple who had a brother born in the UK. Her father was a shipping agent, but he died when she was very young. She was the tenth child and her mother ran a school which she attended. Between 1891 and 1893 she trained as a nurse at Adelaide Children's Hospital where she and Mabel Gill became life-long friends. The District Trained Nursing Society (DTNS), was inaugurated on 12 July 1894 following 12 months work by a trained nurse, named McLellan, in the Adelaide suburb of Bowden. Sweetapple had already been visiting and nursing people at the suggestion of the local rector. She became the second nurse employed by the DTNS. In her first full year she was paid £30 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide city centre, Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the city of Adelaide. Port Adelaide played an important role in the formative decades of Adelaide and South Australia, with the port being early Adelaide's main supply and information link to the rest of the world. Its Kaurna name, although not officially adopted as a dual naming, dual name, is Yertabulti. History Prior to European settlement of South Australia, European settlement Port Adelaide was covered with Avicennia marina, mangrove swamps and tidal mud flats, and lay next to a narrow creek. At this time, it was inhabited by the Kaurna people, who occupied the Adelaide Plains, the Barossa Valley, the western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, and northwards past Snowtown. The Kaurna people called the Port Adelaide ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leabrook
Leabrook is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It is a primarily residential suburb in eastern Adelaide, and was the site of Coopers Brewery, until its relocation to Regency Park, South Australia. Most of the suburb previously known as Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End. ... now lies within Leabrook. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Children's Hospital
The Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) is a hospital dedicated to the care of women and children in Adelaide, South Australia. It was established in March 1989, when the Queen Victoria Hospital and Adelaide Children's Hospital were amalgamated, initially named Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children, being renamed to its present name in 1995. In September 2022 plans were announced by the Government of South Australia to build a new facility in Park 27, on the site of the Thebarton Police Barracks. The hospital is part of the Women's and Children's Health Network. History Adelaide Children's Hospital (1876–1989) The Adelaide Children's Hospital (ACH) was founded in 1876 and officially opened in 1879. Initially funded by a number of wealthy patrons, subscriptions, fund-raising, and government grants, it was first intended only for poor and destitute children. Architect Alfred Wells designed the Angas Building, the hospital's oldest major building still standing, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Trained Nursing Society
The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) is a not-for-profit community health and care provider with headquarters in Keswick, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has progressed through a series of iterations: :It was established in 1894 in South Australia as the District Trained Nursing Society (DTNS). :In 1937 District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia :In 1965 Royal District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia :In 1973 Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia. :In 1993 Royal District Nursing Service of SA. :In 2011 the organisation merged with Silver Chain Group, and is now known as RDNS Silverchain in South Australia and Silverchain throughout the rest of Australia. History The Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia was founded by Bishop Kennion on 12 July 1894 as the District Trained Nursing Society (D.T.N.S.), following 12 months work by a trained nurse, named McLellan, in the Adelaide suburb of Bowden. This experiment, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council, is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia. It is legally defined as the capital city of South Australia by the ''City of Adelaide Act 1998''. It includes the Adelaide city centre, the suburb of North Adelaide, and the Adelaide Park Lands, which surround North Adelaide and the city centre. Established in 1840, the City of Adelaide Municipal Corporation was the first municipal authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the municipality has had a List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide, Lord Mayor, being Jane Lomax-Smith. History Initially the new Province of South Australia was managed by Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia, Colonisation Commissioners. Colonial government commenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
