[2] After her death, the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne named the Elizabeth Turner Medal in her honour.

Her education at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne further developed her interest with an academic focus on botany and biology and camera, gardens, and outdoor clubs and activities.

[1] With only three years of post-graduate experience, Turner was appointed as medical superintendent at the Royal Children's Hospital in 1943.

[1] In 1945, Turner petitioned the government to take action to improve conditions for children in poverty, to prevent social disease such as rheumatic fever.

[5] She stated that the disease was associated with malnutrition, and poor living conditions such as over-crowded, damp housing.

[3] The medal is awarded annually to a senior clinician who has shown sustained excellence in clinical care over time.

[4] She wrote a number of articles for The Victorian Naturalist including "Preventive Marsupalian Paediatrics"[8] and "Botany in the Service of Medicine"[9] She travelled extensively, pursuing her scientific interests in the natural world and documenting them in diaries and on film.