Mary McConnel (pioneer)

Mary McConnel (right) with her husband, David

Mary MacLeod McConnel (4 January 1824 – 4 January 1910) was a Scottish settler in the Australian colony of Queensland, who founded Brisbane's first children's hospital in 1878; it became the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane in 1883.[1]

  1. ^ "Mary McConnel (1824 –1910)" (PDF). Great Queensland Women. Queensland Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.