Item 08: Portrait of Lady Rachel Dudley, with advertisement for a matinee at the Theatre Royal Sydney, in aid of The Bush Nursing Scheme, ca. 1910

PXA 1583/no. 8

item

ca. 1910

Graphic Materials, Prints

1003254

Digitised

1 print - image 17.9 x 12.9 cm, on board 32.7 x 25.1 cm

Lady Rachel Dudley was wife to the Governor-General William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley. After arriving in Sydney in 1908, in 1909 she launched The Bush Nursing Scheme to raise awareness and acquire resources to assist Australians living in the outback. During World War I she set up and worked at a hospital for Australian soldiers, and established clubs for officers in northern France. In 1918, she became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was decorated with the Royal Red Cross. She died in Ireland.

Reference:
Cunneen, Chris, 'Dudley, Lady Rachel (1867–1920)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dudley-lady-rachel-6376/text10293, accessed 7 November 2012

Three quarter length portrait of Lady Rachel Dudley in formal dress, for The Bush Nursing

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Transferred from P1/Dudley
Digital order no:a6881007

Signature on print 'Rachel Dudley'