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'''Elinor Caroline Wray''' [[OBE]] (30 October 1899 – 4 February 1992) was an [[Australia]]n speech therapist.
'''Elinor Caroline Wray''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (30 October 1899 – 4 February 1992) was an Australian speech therapist.


==Life==
==Life==
Wray was born in [[Chatswood]] in 1899. Her father did not approve of daughters with minds of their own, but that is who she was.<ref name=eadrb/> She went to school in Beecroft and she established an interest in amateir dramatics and in elocution.<ref name=bee>{{Cite web |title=Elinor Caroline Wray (1899-1992) |url=https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/6610 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Hornsby Shire |language=en}}</ref>
Wray was born in [[Chatswood, New South Wales|Chatswood]] in 1899. She was the last child of Annie Charlotte (born McDonald) and Arthur Gore Wray. Her father who was a draftsman did not approve of his only daughter having a minds of her own, but that is who she was.<ref name=eadrb/> She went to school in the northern Sydney suburb of [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]] at Miss Long's school and she established an interest in amateur dramatics and in elocution.<ref name=bee>{{Cite web |title=Elinor Caroline Wray (1899-1992) |url=https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/6610 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Hornsby Shire |language=en}}</ref>


Wray saved up enough money to go and study speech therapy<ref name=eadrb/> at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]] and [[St Thomas' Hospital]] in London, as well as observing speech therapy practice at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]] and [[King's College Hospital]]. She then spent three months observing at the London County Council Stammering Centres before returning to Sydney in 1929.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
She saved up enough money to go and study speech therapy in England.<ref name=eadrb/>


When she reurned she could not establish herselfd as a speech therapist and she became a nurse. She met Robert Wade who was an australian orthopaedic surgeon and he supported her ambition. The first speech therpay clinic opened in 1931 at the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital]] with Wray in charge.<ref name=eadrb>{{Citation |last=Maloney |first=Diana |title=Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wray-elinor-caroline-16261 |access-date=2024-06-01 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
When she returned she could not establish herself as a speech therapist and she became a nurse. She met (Sir) [[Robert Blakeway Wade]] who was an Australian orthopaedic surgeon and he supported her ambition. She was able to demonstrate progress with his [[cleft palate]] patients.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oral History Poster |url=https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/About%20Us/History/Oral_History_Poster_P1.pdf |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=speech pathology australia |archive-date=2024-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605190523/https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/About%20Us/History/Oral_History_Poster_P1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first speech therapy clinic opened in 1931 at the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Blackburn |first=C. R. B. |title=Sir Robert Blakeway Wade (1874–1954) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wade-sir-robert-blakeway-8941 |access-date=2024-06-01 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> with Wray in charge.<ref name=eadrb>{{Citation |last=Maloney |first=Diana |title=Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wray-elinor-caroline-16261 |access-date=2024-06-01 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>


She was a founding member of Australia's association for speech therapists in 1944.<ref name=bee/> Speech therapy seems to have stopped during the war as in 1949 the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children were restarting their courses. Wray pointed out that children could have poor reading ages but this could be due entirely to speech problems. Therapy would follow any necessary surgery if it was required. Other symptoms could include bad behaviour. Children who had speech disabilities could leave without them. The minister of education was to supply scholarships for three children who could not afford the usual fees.<ref name=forty9>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18106615?searchTerm=elinor%20wray&searchLimits | title=Speech Therapy Helps Children | newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald | date=11 March 1949 }}</ref> This was the same year as the [[Speech Pathology Australia|Australian College of Speech Therapists]] was established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26599261?searchTerm=australian%20college%20of%20speech%20therapists&searchLimits=|title=College meeting! The Australian College of Speech Therapists will hole its first annual meeting at the Royal Melbourne Hospital this morning at 9.30|publisher=[[Trove]] (original article published in [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]])|date=27 March 1954|accessdate=11 January 2011}}</ref>
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On 13 June 1981 she became a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in recognition of her contribution to speech therapy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086396 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=honours.pmc.gov.au}}</ref>


In 1958 she founded a "Lost Chord Club" as a self-help group for people who had had [[laryngectomy|laryngectomees]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elinor Wray and the Lost Chord Club |url=https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/6609 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Hornsby Shire |language=en}}</ref>
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Wray died in [[St Leonards]] in 1992.<ref name=bee/>

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On 13 June 1981 Wray became a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in recognition of her contribution to speech therapy in the [[1981 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Elinor Caroline WRAY |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086396 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>

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Wray died in [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards]] in 1992.<ref name=bee/>

==Personal life==

Wray never married. She was a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and enjoyed gardening, swimming and walking.<ref name=eadrb/>


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Latest revision as of 03:40, 19 August 2024

Elinor Wray
Elinor, Arthur, John and Annie Wray in Beecroft in 1912
Born
Elinor Caroline Wray

30 October 1899
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Died4 February 1992 (aged 92)
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Known forestablished the first speech therapy facility in Australia

Elinor Caroline Wray MBE (30 October 1899 – 4 February 1992) was an Australian speech therapist.

Life

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Wray was born in Chatswood in 1899. She was the last child of Annie Charlotte (born McDonald) and Arthur Gore Wray. Her father who was a draftsman did not approve of his only daughter having a minds of her own, but that is who she was.[1] She went to school in the northern Sydney suburb of Beecroft at Miss Long's school and she established an interest in amateur dramatics and in elocution.[2]

Wray saved up enough money to go and study speech therapy[1] at the Central School of Speech and Drama and St Thomas' Hospital in London, as well as observing speech therapy practice at St Bartholomew's Hospital and King's College Hospital. She then spent three months observing at the London County Council Stammering Centres before returning to Sydney in 1929.[citation needed]

When she returned she could not establish herself as a speech therapist and she became a nurse. She met (Sir) Robert Blakeway Wade who was an Australian orthopaedic surgeon and he supported her ambition. She was able to demonstrate progress with his cleft palate patients.[3] The first speech therapy clinic opened in 1931 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children[4] with Wray in charge.[1]

She was a founding member of Australia's association for speech therapists in 1944.[2] Speech therapy seems to have stopped during the war as in 1949 the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children were restarting their courses. Wray pointed out that children could have poor reading ages but this could be due entirely to speech problems. Therapy would follow any necessary surgery if it was required. Other symptoms could include bad behaviour. Children who had speech disabilities could leave without them. The minister of education was to supply scholarships for three children who could not afford the usual fees.[5] This was the same year as the Australian College of Speech Therapists was established.[6]

In 1958 she founded a "Lost Chord Club" as a self-help group for people who had had laryngectomees.[7]

On 13 June 1981 Wray became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her contribution to speech therapy in the 1981 Birthday Honours.[8]

Wray died in St Leonards in 1992.[2]

Personal life

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Wray never married. She was a vegetarian and enjoyed gardening, swimming and walking.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Maloney, Diana, "Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-06-01
  2. ^ a b c "Elinor Caroline Wray (1899-1992)". Hornsby Shire. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  3. ^ "Oral History Poster" (PDF). speech pathology australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  4. ^ Blackburn, C. R. B., "Sir Robert Blakeway Wade (1874–1954)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-06-01
  5. ^ "Speech Therapy Helps Children". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 March 1949.
  6. ^ "College meeting! The Australian College of Speech Therapists will hole its first annual meeting at the Royal Melbourne Hospital this morning at 9.30". Trove (original article published in The Argus). 27 March 1954. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Elinor Wray and the Lost Chord Club". Hornsby Shire. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  8. ^ "Miss Elinor Caroline WRAY". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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