Selina Sutherland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Selina Sutherland

Nurse, social worker

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1839

Place of Birth: Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1909

Profession: nurse, social worker

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Selina Murray McDonald Sutherland (26 December 1839 – 8 October 1909) was a notable New Zealand nurse and social worker.
She was born in Culgower, Sutherlandshire, Scotland in 1839.
She came to New Zealand in 1865 and went to visit her sister Margaret Grant in Gladstone in the Wairarapa.
Trained in medicine, she helped many people during their illness, as the area lacked any medical provisions.
She was the driving force behind the hospital in Masterton being established in 1879.
In the same year, she became matron at Wellington Hospital, but left in the following year after disputes with management.
From 1881, she lived in Melbourne, Australia, where she died in 1909 from pleurisy and pneumonia.
She is commemorated in Wairarapa Hospital by a memorial tablet.Sutherland was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2010. Through genealogical sources Selina Sutherland can trace her ancestry back to William the Conqueror (1024-1087), King of England, as her 21st great-grandfather.