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Flott plakat på veggen: "Høirøstet Tale frabedes i Expeditionslokalet og paa Læseværelserne."

Women in medicine In the 1800s, an Australian woman wishing to become a doctor had a tough struggle ahead of her. Australian men were unwilling to accept women into the profession, and were vocal about their opinions of women who wanted to do so: ...a woman who voluntarily devotes herself to a state in which the abandonment of the domestic qualification seems a necessity, is a being whom men do not love and with whom women can hardly sympathise ... – Editor, Australian Medical Journal 1860 Source: ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/fight-rights/womens-r...

Muttaburra is in the central west of Queensland. It is located on the banks of the Thomson River. It is approximately 120km north of the town of Longreach. The main industry in the area is grazing. Muttaburra lay on the traditional tribal lands of the Iningai. Their region includes the landscape between the local government boundaries of Longreach and Barcaldine. Muttaburra is supposed to mean 'the meeting of the waters' or 'meeting place'. (source Wikipedia)

Muriel Alice Lavarack married Frank Jones in 1912 and lived at 'Dalgonally'. They moved to Warwick and Frank died in 1930. With a young family of 7 'Alice' returned to her profession and had a practice in Cracow. She died in Brisbane in 1955. (Source: Dr. Arratta Museum).

so amazing...

This is an incredibly beautiful shot.

Added to comments on some of the other titles; these are "girl" inspectors? Definitely you can see a shift in perspectives in the last 60 years.

they almost look like college girls studying in the park ... then you look behind them and those aren't trees. great photo

This is gorgeous. It's so cool to know that 4x5 was amazing that long ago, and still is amazing!