Territory Stories
Ellen (Ella) Stack
Details:
Title
Ellen (Ella) Stack,
Creator
Stack, Ellen Mary, Stack, Ella, Lawler, Ellen,
Name
Ellen (Ella) Stack,
Collection
Territory Women, HistoryNT,
Date of birth
1929-05-04,
Occupation
Doctor, Mayor, Lord Mayor,
Description
Photographs from Library & Archives NT :PH0416/0025 - Ella Stack, PH0416/0024 Ella Stack ABC T.V. Collection and PH0416/0085 Dr Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection.,
Honours and awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1979.,
Biographical notes
Ella Stack and her family moved to Darwin in 1961. She was first employed for a few weeks mid-1961 by a local GP and then in 1962, Ella took over as long-term locum. She was one of two private practitioners in Darwin. Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974. Instead of evacuating, she chose to stay and provide medical support and to help with the reconstruction of the city. Dr Stack became a member of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission that enacted a new building code to prevent similar devastation in the future. In May 1975 she was elected the first woman Mayor of Darwin and with self-government, became Lord Mayor of Darwin in 1979. After stepping down as Lord Mayor in 1980, she completed her Masters of Public Health, joining the Department of Health as the first Assistant Secretary of the Division of Aboriginal Health. It was the first Division devoted entirely to the health of Aboriginals. Later she became Secretary of the Department of Health of the Northern Territory. Source: Northern Territory dictionary of biography. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.,
Subject
Women, Northern Territory,
Related materials
Who's who of Australian women : a biographical dictionary of notable Australian women. North Melbourne, Vic. : Crown Content, 2009. REF 920.094 WHO., Stack, E. M. (Ellen Mary). Interviews with residents of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, January 1975. [sound recording] NTC 363.3492 STA., Northern Territory dictionary of biography. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2008. NTC 994.9429 NORT, "A recipe of kangaroo care and compassion", Northern Territory News, 29 May 1998.,
Related links
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11932, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11829, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/153108 [Northern Territory Library : 3rd Eric Johnston Lecture "Aboriginal Pharmacopeia" by Ella Stack 1988] , https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn90620 [National Library of Australia : Stack, E. M. and Wyatt, Phyllipa. Interview with Ella Stack, physician and Mayor of Darwin [sound recording], 1976] , http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004363b.htm [Bright Sparcs : Biographical Entry "Ellen Mary (Ella) Stack"], http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11932 [PictureNT : PH0149/0067 Mayor Ella Stack receiving Patroness badge from President Arafura Ladies Bowls Club. Joy Collins Collection], https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Stack,_Ellen_Mary [Sydney Medical School, Online Museum and Archive : Ellen Mary Stack] , http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11829 [PictureNT : PH0149/0025 - Joy Collins Collection - Arafura bowler Nell Carrol receives LM badge from Club patroness Ella Stack.], http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/05/29/4239_ntnews.html ["A recipe of kangaroo care and compassion", Northern Territory News, 29 May 1998.], https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1064533 [The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) (Imperial)] , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/32896 [PH0416/0024 - Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection.] , https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004363b.htm [Encyclopedia of Australia Science : Stack, Ellen Mary (Ella) , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/30675 [PH0416/0025 - Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection] , https://hdl.handle.net /10070/2790 [PictureNT : PH0091/0057 - Mayor, Dr.. Ella Stack - Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/218089 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/218089
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/810633 , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/810636 ,
Territory Stories
Ellen (Ella) Stack
Details:
Title
Ellen (Ella) Stack,
Creator
Stack, Ellen Mary, Stack, Ella, Lawler, Ellen,
Name
Ellen (Ella) Stack,
Collection
Territory Women, HistoryNT,
Date of birth
1929-05-04,
Occupation
Doctor, Mayor, Lord Mayor,
Description
Photographs from Library & Archives NT :PH0416/0025 - Ella Stack, PH0416/0024 Ella Stack ABC T.V. Collection and PH0416/0085 Dr Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection.,
Honours and awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1979.,
Biographical notes
Ella Stack and her family moved to Darwin in 1961. She was first employed for a few weeks mid-1961 by a local GP and then in 1962, Ella took over as long-term locum. She was one of two private practitioners in Darwin. Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974. Instead of evacuating, she chose to stay and provide medical support and to help with the reconstruction of the city. Dr Stack became a member of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission that enacted a new building code to prevent similar devastation in the future. In May 1975 she was elected the first woman Mayor of Darwin and with self-government, became Lord Mayor of Darwin in 1979. After stepping down as Lord Mayor in 1980, she completed her Masters of Public Health, joining the Department of Health as the first Assistant Secretary of the Division of Aboriginal Health. It was the first Division devoted entirely to the health of Aboriginals. Later she became Secretary of the Department of Health of the Northern Territory. Source: Northern Territory dictionary of biography. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.,
Subject
Women, Northern Territory,
Related materials
Who's who of Australian women : a biographical dictionary of notable Australian women. North Melbourne, Vic. : Crown Content, 2009. REF 920.094 WHO., Stack, E. M. (Ellen Mary). Interviews with residents of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, January 1975. [sound recording] NTC 363.3492 STA., Northern Territory dictionary of biography. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2008. NTC 994.9429 NORT, "A recipe of kangaroo care and compassion", Northern Territory News, 29 May 1998.,
Related links
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11932, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11829, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/153108 [Northern Territory Library : 3rd Eric Johnston Lecture "Aboriginal Pharmacopeia" by Ella Stack 1988] , https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn90620 [National Library of Australia : Stack, E. M. and Wyatt, Phyllipa. Interview with Ella Stack, physician and Mayor of Darwin [sound recording], 1976] , http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004363b.htm [Bright Sparcs : Biographical Entry "Ellen Mary (Ella) Stack"], http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11932 [PictureNT : PH0149/0067 Mayor Ella Stack receiving Patroness badge from President Arafura Ladies Bowls Club. Joy Collins Collection], https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Stack,_Ellen_Mary [Sydney Medical School, Online Museum and Archive : Ellen Mary Stack] , http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11829 [PictureNT : PH0149/0025 - Joy Collins Collection - Arafura bowler Nell Carrol receives LM badge from Club patroness Ella Stack.], http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/05/29/4239_ntnews.html ["A recipe of kangaroo care and compassion", Northern Territory News, 29 May 1998.], https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1064533 [The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) (Imperial)] , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/32896 [PH0416/0024 - Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection.] , https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004363b.htm [Encyclopedia of Australia Science : Stack, Ellen Mary (Ella) , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/30675 [PH0416/0025 - Ella Stack - ABC T.V. Collection] , https://hdl.handle.net /10070/2790 [PictureNT : PH0091/0057 - Mayor, Dr.. Ella Stack - Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/218089 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/218089
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/810633 , https://hdl.handle.net/10070/810636 ,