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Little Company of Mary Sisters
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- updatedDate:
- 2025-03-28 12:52:39
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- Little Company of Mary Sisters
- addressPostalCode:
- 2650
- addressLine1:
- Calvary Riverina Hospital 26-36 Hardy Ave Wagga Wagga
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- Health and medicine, Community and philanthropy
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- Wagga Wagga is on the land of the Wiradjuri people
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- -35.118876753168394
- productDescription:
- <p>The Little Company of Mary, a Catholic religious order, established the Calvary Hospital in Wagga Wagga in 1926.</p><div><p paraid="1739393381" paraeid="{227338b2-f649-435d-b9cf-d408a8c9baea}{54}">The Sisters of this order – also known as the ‘Blue Sisters’ after the blue veils they wore – played a vital role in providing compassionate healthcare to the people of the Riverina district and beyond.</p></div><div><p paraid="1951294808" paraeid="{227338b2-f649-435d-b9cf-d408a8c9baea}{64}">Today, the hospital continues to serve the local community.</p></div>
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- The Little Company of Mary, a Catholic religious order, established the Calvary Hospital in Wagga Wagga in 1926.
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- <p>Founded in 1877</p><p>Devoted carers of the sick and dying</p>
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Dr Mark Lidwill
https://blueplaques.nsw.gov.au/_designs/integrations/funnelback-integration/blue-plaque-indexers/blue-plaque-xml-indexer/_nocache?asset=517752- icon:
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- 2025-03-28 12:56:01
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- Dr Mark Lidwill
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- Arden Anglican School 63 Beecroft Road, Beecroft, 2119
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- Health and medicine, Science and technology
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- Beecroft is on the lands of the Wallumedegal people of the Eora Nation
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- -33.7463770535895
- productDescription:
- <p>Dr Mark Cowley Lidwill was an Australian medical pioneer, who started his career as a general practitioner at Cook House (then called 'Lorne'), Beecroft, in the leafy northern suburbs of Sydney.</p><p>Mark invented the world’s first cardiac pacemaker after discovering electricity could be used to set the pace of the human heart. The device was first used successfully in 1928 to resuscitate a newborn baby. Since then, this miracle of medical technology has saved innumerable lives.</p><p>He also invented a portable machine to induce anaesthesia, which became a widely accepted part of hospital practice.</p>
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- Medical pioneer Dr Mark Lidwill (1878–1968) invented the world’s first cardiac pacemaker, which has saved innumerable lives.
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- <p>Medical pioneer (1878–1968)</p>
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