#OnThisDay in 1948 Dr Grace Boelke (nee Robinson) died in Manly, NSW. Grace and Iza Coghlan were the first two women medical students to graduate from Sydney University in 1893. She began a working career as a doctor for the Benevolent Asylum on Pitt Street, Sydney.
Source: The Ryerson Index
Related
- Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Grace Fairley Boelke (1870–1948)
- Benevolent Asylum website
- Medical Practitioners Guide
