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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Miss Charlotte Marion Bird
Miss Charlotte Marion Bird , who has been Head Nurse at the Riverton Hospital since September, 1900, was born at Badby, Northamptonshire, England, and came to New Zealand by the ship “Soukar.” She was educated at Waimate, where her father, Mr Joseph Bird, was an old resident. Miss Bird had two years' experience in the Waimate Hospital, and was afterwards engaged in private nursing in the Waimate district for three years and a-half, before being appointed to her present position at Riverton.