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LILIAN COOPER (1861-1947) Lillian was the first female doctor in Brisbane. Born and raised in England Lillian was educated at home. As a teenager, Lillian knew she wanted to be a doctor. Her parents opposed any idea of further study or the pursuit of a career encouraging her to stay home until she married. Lillian was 29 years of age when she graduated from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1890. Lillian arrived in Brisbane the year after in 1891 setting up practice in the city. Her specialty was the Diseases of Women and Children. Lillian travelled to patients doing home visits in a horse and cart. She became widely respected for her kindness especially during the great floods of 1893, and more importantly respected for her medical expertise including her surgical skills. In 1896 Lillian was the first woman consultant in Australia when she was appointed an honorary medical officer at the Hospital for Sick Children. She was also a consultant at other hospitals including the Mater Hospital working there from 1906 until her retirement in 1945. When World War 1 broke out Lilian offered her services to the Australian Army. She was told female doctors were not wanted at the front and she should stay home and knit for the soldiers. Angry that her offer to help was rejected, Lilian volunteered to help the Scottish Women’s Hospital Service, helping people on the frontline in France and Serbia. Lilian was in charge of the ambulance division, with all female drivers. Lilian operated in tents very close to the fighting and received the Order of St Sava from the Serbian King for her wartime efforts. On her return from war service Lillian returned to her busy medical practice and consultancy work. Her house and land at Kangaroo Point was donated to the Sisters of Charity to set up a hospice for the sick and dying. It is now St Vincent’s Hospital (formerly Mt Olivet). Source: Great Queensland women of our past www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/38628/lilian-c...

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The Brisbane tramway network served the city of Brisbane, Australia, between 1885 and 1969. It ran on standard gauge track. The electric system was originally energised to 500 volts, and subsequently increased to 600 volts. All tramcars built in Brisbane up to 1938 had an open design. This proved so popular, especially on hot summer nights, that the trams were used as fundraisers and often chartered right up until the last service by social groups.[1] Most trams operated with a two-person crew – a driver (or motorman) and a conductor, who moved about the tram collecting fares and issuing tickets. The exceptions to this arrangement were on the Gardens line (Lower Edward Street) where the short duration of the trip meant it was more effective for passengers to simply drop their fare into a fare box as they entered the tram; and the "one man cars" which operated in the early 1930s. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane

West End was one of the first suburbs of Brisbane to be serviced by a tram line, being opened in 1885. Initially the tram was horse-drawn and terminated in Boundary Street, but in 1897 the line was electrified and extended to the corner of Hardgrave Road and Hoogley Street, via Vulture Street.[18] It was subsequently extended down Hoogley Street to the ferry terminus at the end of Hoogley Street in 1925.[19] The tram line closed on 13 April 1969. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End,_Queensland