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Bashir, Marie Roslyn (1930 - )

AC, AO
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Governor, Educator and Psychiatrist
Born: 1930  Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia
Marie Roslyn Bashir is the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales. She began her career in medicine and completed an internship at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. Later Bashir took up psychiatry. She worked both in universities and mental health services, increasingly focussing children and adolescents. In 1988 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her services to child and adolescent health.
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1956Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
1982 - 1987Foundation Director of the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Service
1988Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1993 - 2001Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney
1994 - 2001Director of Mental Health Services at Central Sydney Area Health Services
1996 - 2001Senior Consultant at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern and Kempsey
2001 - Governor of New South Wales
2001Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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