Jean White (physician)

Salome Jean White (1905 – 15 July 1974) was the first female flying medical doctor in Australia and the world when she commenced work with the Australian Inland Mission in May 1937.

[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] White attended Melbourne High School and received a scholarship to attend University of Melbourne, where she graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.

[16][17][18] She undertook four months of training at Cloncurry before being based with one nurse at Normanton.

Together, with a pilot flying an aircraft donated by Qantas, they offered a seven-day aerial medical service covering 65,000 square miles of the Gulf Country.

[19][20][21][22][23] From September 1938, White was also supervising a newly opened nursing hospital at Dunbar Station.