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Ida Standley
No full textAfter thirty years of teaching, often in one teacher schools, Ida Standley came to Stuart (later known as Alice Springs) in 1914 to open and run its first school. The only space available for the school was an empty police cell. In the same year, an Aboriginal woman called Topsy Smith came to Alice Springs from Arltunga and with her came a number of half-caste children.
Initially accommodation for these children was limited to a tent but then a stone and iron hut was built to house the children. It became known as the ?Bungalow'. Due to Government policy of separating half-caste children from their families, many more children came to live at the Bungalow. Ida Standley accepted the position of matron and along with Topsy Smith, they cared for and protected many children.
For many years Ida taught the white children from 8.30 am to 1pm and the part Aboriginal children from 3pm to 4.30pm. After 15 years of teaching in Alice Springs, Ida Standley retired due to ill health in 1929. She was 60 years old.
Source: Northern Territory dictionary of biography. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.Teache
Ida Edwards
No full textIda was the oldest of four children born to Reverend Ashburner and Mary Ann Lydia Watson. When Ida was ten her mother died, the children were then left in the care of indifferent housekeepers.
Ida attended primary school at Warwick and the rest of her schooling at Stanthorpe.
Ida trained in general nursing and midwifery at Brisbane General Hospital.
On the 28th of June 1928 Ida joined the Northern Territory Medical Service. She set sail in the Malabar for Darwin, Northern Territory on the 4 July 1928.
Ida was appointed as the matron of the Darwin Hospital on the 6th of February 1929, after turmoil among the staff led to resignations. With her nice, but firm, personality she helped to restore stability and provide direction to Hospital staff.The public service of the Northern Territory did not employ married women, so Ida was forced to resign from her position as matron of Darwin Hospital when she married Roy Edwards on the 7th of October 1939.
Ida was evacuated from Darwin after the bombing on the 19th of February 1942. She ended up in Melbourne where she worked in a private nursing home. When the war ended Ida returned to Darwin but she developed crippling arthritis and became house bound, she eventually passed away in her house on Marella Street in Larrakeyah.
Ida made a considerable contribution to the Darwin Hospital and she was held in high regard by all who worked with her.NurseEnglis
Last Will and Testament of Ida M. Tarbell
No full textCopy of Ida M. Tarbell's Last Will and Testament with articl
Letter: Ida N. Pendleton to Ida M. Tarbell, June 17, 1896
No full textHandwritten letter, 7 pages, interview with Mr. Ewin
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