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NAME PLATE ROBERTA JULL

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c. 1900

Overview

Rectangular flat brass plate inscribed with lettering which was filled with a black substance, much of which has been shed. Inscription on front [ROBERTA H.M.JULL. / PHYSICIAN & SURGEON]. Hole in each corner of name plate.

Historical information

Dr Roberta Henrietta Jull was born in Glasgow in 1872. In the early 1890s she and her brother Fergusson started their medical degrees at the Glasgow University. In 1898 after completing her degree she moved to Western Australia where her elder brother Mitchell was living.

On arriving Roberta was shocked by the living conditions and the hight infant mortality rate in Western Australia Roberta dedicated the rest of her life fighting to improve the health knowledge, conditions and opportunities for women and their children. Roberta became the first woman to set up a medical practice in Perth which this name plate is from.

On 12 November 1898 she married Martin Edward Jull. Together they had one child, Henrietta. In the 1890s Martin purchased land along the Nerrigen Brook in Armadale where he built a home which they called 'Brookside'. The family split their time between 'Brookside' and Perth for much of the early 1900's, eventually selling the property in c1910 when Roberta moved to England for treatment for an illness.

Roberta returned to Western Australia in 1913 and continued her long and decorated career working, campaigning, lecturing and witting for a variety of public health causes including, anti-natal education, improving women's and children's health, the mandatory reporting and treatment of venereal diseases as well as higher education for women and sequel rights and opportunities for women.

Roberta died on 6 March 1961.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2005.6

Year

c. 1900

Statement of significance

Dr. Roberta Henrietta Jull (nee Stewart) arrived in Perth in 1896 after completing her medical training at Glasgow University. Shocked by the living conditions and the hight infant mortality rate in Western Australia Roberta dedicated the rest of her life fighting to improve the health knowledge, conditions and opportunities for women and their children.

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