Ellen Barron

Ellen Barron (1875 – 8 July 1951) was a nurse in Queensland, Australia. She was a matron and leader in the Queensland nursing profession.

Life Barron was born in Berkshire, England, was educated at Oxford and Queensland, and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital She was head nurse at the Maryborough General Hospital from 1902 to 1904.

On her return from active service, she was appointed to the Valley Centre of the Maternal and Child Welfare Services, and in 1922 she was sent to New Zealand for six months to study child welfare under Sir Truby King.

In 1928 Barron was appointed superintendent of nurses, Maternal and Child Welfare Service. She retired in 1939.

Barron received the Jubilee Medal in 1935 and the Coronation Medal in 1937.

Barron was still a colleague of Florence Chatfield from the 1920s and they lived together for part of their retirement. Chatfield died in 1949 and Barron died in the War Veterans' Home at Caboolture on 8 July 1951 and was cremated.