1. AJHR (1884/1) H-7A, p. 20
2. New Zealand Mail, 24 November 1883, p. 15 and supplement, p. 1
3. Duncan MacGregor commented favourably on the appointment of female nurses at New Plymouth Hospital under Matron Blackley in 1887, AJHR (1887/1) H-19, p. 16 and at Thames Hospital in 1888, AJHR (1888) H-9, p. 13
4. The Story of Auckland Hospital
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