Margaret Hubery

Margaret Joyce Hubery (; 19 June 1928 – 3 January 2015) was a Western Australian nurse and nursing administrator. Career Hubery was educated at Sacred Heart Primary School and College in Highgate, Western Australia. She then received general nursing training at Royal Perth Hospital and midwifery training at Crown Street Women's Hospital in Sydney. She was awarded a Florence Nightingale Scholarship to study nursing administration at The College of Nursing in Melbourne. In 1984 she was appointed Director of Nursing at Royal Perth Hospital. She also took on being the first female director of Southern Cross Care (WA) (a Catholic aged care agency) from 1993 to 2005 (including chairperson 1997 to 1999). The Margaret Hubery House residential care home and retirement complex in Shelley was named for her in 2000. The same year, she was inducted into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. She was renowned for her strong faith and commitment to the Catholic Church. She was inducted to the Western Australia Hall of Fame in 2015.

Personal life Margaret Foley married Percy Hubery in Bridgetown, Western Australia on 28 January 1967. They had two daughters. She spent her last two years living in Margaret Hubery House, an aged care facility named in her honour, and died at Hollywood Private Hospital.