Territory Stories
Ruth Heathcock
Details:
Title
Ruth Heathcock,
Creator
Heathcock, Ruth Sabina,
Rayney, Ruth Sabina,
Name
Ruth Heathcock,
Collection
Territory Women,
HistoryNT,
Place of birth
Murray Bridge (S.A.),
Date of birth
1901-01-11,
Occupation
Nurse,
Date of death
1995-05-07,
Honours and awards
The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) 1951.,
Biographical notes
Nursed the aboriginal victims of leprosy when it was illegal to do so. Was awarded an MBE for rowing 145 km to save a man who shot himself accidentally. Ruth was convinced that her work would amounted to nothing had it not been for the aborigines who worked with her.,
Subject
Women,
Northern Territory,
Related links
https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1088116 [The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18900774 [Baldwin, Suzy, and Australian Bicentennial Authority. Unsung Heroes & Heroines of Australia. Elwood, Vic.: Greenhouse, 1988.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Carment, D. 1949-. Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography. Rev. ed. ed. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.],
https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=24548 [NT Place Names Register : Heathcock Street] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/227630 ,
Territory Stories
Ruth Heathcock
Details:
Title
Ruth Heathcock,
Creator
Heathcock, Ruth Sabina,
Rayney, Ruth Sabina,
Name
Ruth Heathcock,
Collection
Territory Women,
HistoryNT,
Place of birth
Murray Bridge (S.A.),
Date of birth
1901-01-11,
Occupation
Nurse,
Date of death
1995-05-07,
Honours and awards
The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) 1951.,
Biographical notes
Nursed the aboriginal victims of leprosy when it was illegal to do so. Was awarded an MBE for rowing 145 km to save a man who shot himself accidentally. Ruth was convinced that her work would amounted to nothing had it not been for the aborigines who worked with her.,
Subject
Women,
Northern Territory,
Related links
https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1088116 [The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18900774 [Baldwin, Suzy, and Australian Bicentennial Authority. Unsung Heroes & Heroines of Australia. Elwood, Vic.: Greenhouse, 1988.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Carment, D. 1949-. Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography. Rev. ed. ed. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.],
https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=24548 [NT Place Names Register : Heathcock Street] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/227630 ,