Jean White (physician) explained

Salome Jean White (1905 – 15 July 1974) was the first female flying medical doctor in Australia and the world when she commenced work with the Australian Inland Mission in May 1937.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} She was known as the Guardian Angel of the Gulf.^{[5] [6]}

Early life and education

Salome Jean White was born in 1905. Her parents were John White (- 26 January 1935), a school teacher, and Salome White (née Williams) (- 15 June 1951) of 32 Havelock Road, Hawthorn. The family also owned a farm near Ballarat. She was the elder sister to John George Glyn White CBE (9 April 1909 - 2 November 1987) and Mary Margaret Freda White (later Guest), both of whom were also doctors.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

White attended Melbourne High School and received a scholarship to attend University of Melbourne, where she graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.^{[14] [15]}

Career

She worked at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Crown Street Women's Hospital and Caulfield Convalescent Hospital before responding to an advertisement for doctors to work in remote areas of Australia.^{[16] [17] [18]}

She undertook four months of training at Cloncurry before being based with one nurse at Normanton. Together, with a pilot flying an aircraft donated by Qantas, they offered a seven-day aerial medical service covering 65,000 square miles of the Gulf Country.^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]} From September 1938, White was also supervising a newly opened nursing hospital at Dunbar Station.^[24]

Notes and References

1. Book: Persson . Sheryl . The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia: Pioneering Commitment, Courage and Success . 2007 . Exisle Publishing Limited . 9780908988198 . 60.
2. Book: Rudolph . Ivan . John Flynn: of Flying Doctors and Frontier Faith . 2012 . Boolarong Press . 9781922109255 . Third.
3. Web site: Jean White . National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame . 26 January 2019.
4. News: GOSSIP . . XIX . 11 . New South Wales, Australia . 15 May 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Guardian Angel of Gulf Country . . 31,544 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 February 1939 . 26 January 2019 . 5 (Women's Supplement) . National Library of Australia.
6. News: GUARDIAN ANGEL OF THE GULF COUNTRY . . Tasmania, Australia . 17 March 1939 . 26 January 2019 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: OBITUARY . . 27,595 . Victoria, Australia . 28 January 1935 . 26 January 2019 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: DR. JEAN WHITE. . . 25,674 . Victoria, Australia . 30 July 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
9. Web site: Elder . David F. . John George Glyn White . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Australian National University . 26 January 2019.
10. News: Family Notices . . 32,694 . Victoria, Australia . 16 June 1951 . 27 January 2019 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
11. News: Advertising . . 30,007 . Victoria, Australia . 2 July 1951 . 27 January 2019 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
12. News: Advertising . . 27,598 . Victoria, Australia . 31 January 1935 . 27 January 2019 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
13. News: Advertising . . 28,518 . Victoria, Australia . 15 January 1938 . 27 January 2019 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
14. Web site: University of Melbourne Annual Report 1928-1929 . University of Melbourne . 25 January 2019.
15. News: 43 NEW DOCTORS . . 16,327 . Victoria, Australia . 16 September 1929 . 26 January 2019 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
16. News: FIRST WOMAN "FLYING DOCTOR." . . 31,068 . New South Wales, Australia . 30 July 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
17. News: Australia's First and Only Woman Flying Doctor . . 5 . 10 . Australia . 14 August 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 45 . National Library of Australia.
18. News: DR. JEAN WHITE Says . . 1434 . Queensland, Australia . 6 April 1938 . 26 January 2019 . 1 (Second Section.) . National Library of Australia.
19. News: Guardian Angel of Gulf Country . . 31,544 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 February 1939 . 28 January 2019 . 5 (Women's Supplement) . National Library of Australia.
20. News: WOMAN FLYING DOCTOR . . Queensland, Australia . 29 July 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 18 (SECOND EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
21. News: FIRST WOMAN FLYING DOCTOR . . 4697 . Queensland, Australia . 30 July 1937 . 26 January 2019 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
22. News: PERSONAL. . . LXI . 6 . Queensland, Australia . 7 January 1939 . 26 January 2019 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
23. News: LEGALLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. . . 93 . New South Wales, Australia . 15 July 1932 . 26 January 2019 . 2363 . National Library of Australia.
24. News: Transport Equals Building Price . . 1562 . Queensland, Australia . 3 September 1938 . 28 January 2019 . 9 . National Library of Australia.