Macnamara, Annie Jean (1899 - 1968)

Chronology

1922	Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1922 - 1923	Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital
1923 - 1928	Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1925 - ?	Entered private practice
1925	Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
1925 - 1931	Consultant in Infantile paralysis to the Poliomyelitis Committee of Victoria
1928 - ?	Honorary Medical Officer in the Physiotherapy Department at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1928 - 1951	Honorary Medical Officer at the Yooralla Hospital for Crippled Children
1930 - 1931	Honorary Advisor on polio to official authorities in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania
1931 - 1933	Travelled to England and North America on a Rockefeller Fellowship
1933 - 1937	Worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (part-time)
1935	Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1937 - 1942	Member of the Consultative Council for Polio
1946 - 1947	Member of the Consultative Council for Polio
1966	Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD (Hon)) received from the University of Melbourne

• 'Macnamara, Annie Jean (1899-1968), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0063b.htm.

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P001288. [ Details ]