qld midwives

[pwh]

My great grand mother  Ann Norah Hart  was a midwife in Rockhampton  till 1929. Does anybody
know if midwives in colonial times were registered and if they were  where  such a record might
exist?
                                                   Thanks
                                                                Pwh

[Aussie1947]

Hi Pwh,

The amended 1911 Queensland Health Act paragraph 82 refers to the Establishment of a Nurses Registration Board as of 1st January 1912 and the registration of duly qualified nurses by the Nurses Registration Board for three categories.

General nurse.
Midwifery nurse.
Mental nurse.

Paragraph 85 refers to being registered as a midwife and it basically says, as of 1st January 1912 persons holding a certificate of midwifery from a Hospital or other Institution recognised by the Board and they can prove that they had received systematic midwifery training from a medical practitioner and matron from that Hospital or other Institution then those persons shall be entitled to be registered as a midwife for the cost of 10 shillings.

The Register of Nurses for the three categories was to be Gazetted each January.

Gerry

[cupoflife]

May be of interest:
“She did what she could”...A history of the regulation of midwifery practice in Queensland 1859-1912
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15819/1/Rita_Davies_Thesis.pdf

[q98]

I believe these to be the lady about whom you enquire:

https://www.geni.com/people/Ann-Hart/6000000007251689855
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gates-2731
https://www.british-genealogy.com/threads/86396-MARK-HENRY-HART-BLANCHE-JULIA-LEVEY

 The final link should be read in its entirety; very interesting.

q98
Fremantle
Western Australia

[Billyblue]

Pwh
My OH's daughter recently retired from Qld Nurses Registration Board, so I'll try to find out if she knows where you can find your info.
(Left a message on her phone but don't know how long a reply will take      )

Dawn M

[pwh]

billy blue

               That is an unexpected lead. Thanks very much.
                                                                                     pwh

[pwh]

aussie1947

                     If the family story is correct  she  became a  midwife  sometime  around the
1870s and remained one  till her 82nd birthday  and helped deliver  1125  babies. I wonder
how she would have fitted  into  the arrangements in the 1911 legislation.

                                                                                       pwh

[pwh]

q98

          Yes that is her  and her whole life story is indeed fascinating  with and old scandal
that was played out in the newspapers and courts  of colonial Australia.

                                                                        pwh

[pwh]

cupoflife
              Yes I am aware of that thesis. As soon as I have time I will  read it properly.

                                                                                                pwh