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Maud Violet Florinda Primrose (1872–1954)

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Born, Bendigo, Victoria.

Daughter of the late Robert and M. L. Primrose. Robert Primrose was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1830, and arrived in Victoria in 1854. He came of an old Scotch family, of which the Earls of Rosbery and the late Sir John Ure Primrose (Mr. Primrose’s nephew) were distinguished descendants.

ACTIVITIES. Miss Primrose’s main interest has been the caring of Infant Life. She is the Hon. Organising Secretary of The Truby King League, and is Sir Truby King’s representative in Victoria and South Australia. Her urge has been his high ideals. ‘‘For God and His little ones, ” and the scientific principles and teaching which have brought about such outstanding results in so many climates and countries. She was trained at the Wagga Hospital, New South Wales, and subsequently held the Matronship of that Hospital for seven years. Her certificates include those of the A. T. N. A., the R. V. T. N. A., the Royal New Zealand (Plunket) Society for the health of Women and Children. She is a Life Member of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing. In 1909 she founded the Visiting Trained Nurses' Association of Victoria, of which she was Hon. Secretary, and which she represented on the Council of the R. V. T. N. A. for many years. She was mainly responsible for the first Truby King Centre in this State, which was opened by Sir Truby King in the presence of Lady Helen Munro Fergusson, at Coburg, in 1919. She has established many centres on the same lines. She founded the Truby King Mothercraft League of South Australia on 25th October, 1934, when a large committee of leading citizens, medical men and scientists of the Adelaide University was elected. In recognition of her spade work from 1916, the Victorian Society for the Health of Women and Children named the Primrose Nurses of the Tweddle Hospital for Babies after her. She is an Hon. Life Member of the Society.

ADDRESS (Official). The Truby King League, Kelvin Hall, 55 Collins Place, Melbourne, Victoria. (Home) Mrs. T. L. Tyson, Bunumburt Station, via Hay, New South Wales.

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'Primrose, Maud Violet Florinda (1872–1954)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/primrose-maud-violet-florinda-13157/text30197, accessed 7 December 2024.

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Birth

31 July, 1872
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Death

16 July, 1954 (aged 81)
Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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