WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Elizabeth Katherine Berry

Born NZ 1872 — Died South Australia Apr 1931

Trained as a nurse at Wellington Hospital 1897 – 1904

Nurse at Consumptive Home, Adelaide 1904–1906

Assistant Matron Wellington Hospital 1906–1908

Sub-Matron in charge, Nurses Home, Wellington Hospital 1908–1909

Matron, Napier Hospital 1909–1912

Private hospital nursing in Manchester

Matron, Temporary Military Hospital, Blackpool 1914–1918

Matron, St Peter’s College, Adelaide 1927–1931

The Archives

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• 1. Wellington Public Hospital History▼
  • The Thorndon Hospitals
  • The first Newtown Hospital
  • Early expansion 1888 – 1910▼
    • 1901 – 1906
    • 1907 – 1910
  • The Children’s Hospital
  • Additions 1913 – 1939
  • Additions 1940 – 1960▼
    • The Centenary Block
    • The Hospital Post Office
    • The Hospital in the 1950s
  • Rebuild 1967 – 1980
  • Additions 1981 – 2000
  • New Regional Hospital
  • A new Children’s Hospital
• 2. The Early Staff of the Hospital
• 3. Nursing Administration▼
  • Nurses 1880-1920▼
    • Mary Anne Baillie
    • Elizabeth Hermansen
    • Mrs Johanne M Thorpe
    • Mrs Bernard Moore
    • Ellen Dougherty
    • Augusta Godfrey
    • Mary E Kissling
    • Frances K Payne
    • Ellen Mary Pettit
    • Kate Marsden
    • Elizabeth Katherine Berry
    • Edith Crerar
    • Sarah Jane Hetherington ARRC
    • Elizabeth Williamina Inglis Stott
    • Jean Todd
    • Maggie Preston
  • Nurses 1921 – 1960▼
    • Edith P Tennent
    • Gertrude S Lampp
    • Agnes Milne
    • Althea H Cookson
    • Florence E Hart
    • Blanche L Clark
    • Susan Milne
    • Noeline M Knight
    • Muriel E Tattersall
    • Kathleen G Hausmann
    • Doris Brown
    • Jessie I Martin
    • Irene Tolerton
  • Nurses 1961 – 1988▼
    • Betty P Cook
    • Barbara J E Hough
    • Mavis H Paton
    • Gloria A Grattan
    • Elaine Whiteman
    • Barbara G Shadbolt
    • Maureen Corry
    • Assistant Principal Nurses
  • Nurses 1989 –▼
    • Sheila Mahony
    • Anita Bamford-Wade
    • Cheyne Chalmers
    • Kerrie Hayes
    • Andrea McCance
    • Emma Hickson. 2019 – 2020
    • Associate Directors of Nursing
• 4. Educating Nurses at Wellington Hospital▼
  • Timeline▼
    • In the beginning
    • 1884 – 1901
    • 1902 – 1927
  • Student nurses▼
    • Recruitment and Selection
    • Demographics
    • Rules and Regulations
    • Wastage
    • Health and Sickness
    • Nurses’ Accommodation
    • Graduation and other Class Photographs▼
      • pre 1902
      • 1902 – 1929
      • 1930’s
      • 1940’s
      • 1950s
      • 1960s
      • 1970s
      • 1980s
    • Personal recollections
    • Miscellaneous photographs
  • Nursing Aides, Community Nurses, Enrolled Nurses
  • Male Nurses
  • Tutors▼
    • Tutor training
    • Medical staff
  • Teaching facilities▼
    • Clinical experience
  • The move to close hospital-based nursing schools
  • Sources / acknowledgements
• 5. Cardiology at Wellington Hospital▼
  • Overview▼
    • 1926 – 1952
    • 1953 – 1966
    • 1967 – 1985
    • 1986 – 2000
    • 2001 – 2012
  • Services▼
    • In-patient Services
    • Out-patient Services
    • Out-reach Services
  • History of Key Investigations▼
    • Electrocardiography
    • Cardiac Radiology