Category: Australia, Maternal Mortality

This category contains individual profiles

Definition: "Maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes. To facilitate the identification of maternal deaths in circumstances in which cause of death attribution is inadequate, a new category has been introduced: Pregnancy-related death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death.

Related Categories: Infant Mortality, Stillbirth and Child Mortality

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Person Profiles (183)

A

bef 1822 - 28 Sep 1853

21 Apr 1840 New South Wales, Australia - 1865

29 Aug 1834 Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Jan 1864

1849 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 12 Nov 1868

24 Jul 1906 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 17 Aug 1935

abt 1855 - 25 Jul 1889

03 Apr 1871 Picton, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Dec 1891

1915 Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia - 1951

07 Oct 1860 Mount Charles, South Australia, Australia - 24 Sep 1893

B

02 Nov 1898 Buckenbowra, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jan 1927

10 Aug 1865 Zorkenzieu, West Prussia, Germany - 26 Apr 1910

bef 1839 - 29 Jul 1863

1848 Bogan, New South Wales (Australia) - 1875

1866 Alexandria, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Oct 1901

24 Nov 1855 Ahlbeck, Ueckermünde, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany - 27 May 1878

20 Apr 1853 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 10 May 1884

abt 1838 Scotland, United Kingdom - 1874

1878 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 1908

14 Jan 1924 Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia - 22 Dec 1952

abt 04 Apr 1924 Wombat, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Jun 1924

18 Jul 1854 Sod Hut, South Australia - 11 Oct 1875

31 Jan 1844 Wellington, Colony of New South Wales - 21 Mar 1890

abt 1854 Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 04 Aug 1897

C

07 Nov 1908 Boulder, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Apr 1926

21 Mar 1815 Rotherhithe, Kent, England - 16 Oct 1860

bef 1836 England, United Kingdom - 1866

1865 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Jan 1887

11 Feb 1890 Queensland, Australia - 30 Dec 1923

27 May 1855 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 27 Apr 1881

abt 1836 - 16 Aug 1873

02 Apr 1807 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 18 May 1844

31 Mar 1905 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Feb 1928

12 May 1794 Marylebone, London, England - 16 Nov 1825

1881 Euroa, Victoria, Australia - 1908

abt 1855 England - 24 Jan 1889

09 Dec 1875 Manning River, Colony of New South Wales - 12 May 1906

1858 At sea - 1904

D

14 Feb 1880 - 29 Sep 1904

abt 1835 Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 1874

16 Apr 1851 Feudenheim, Baden, Germany - 1885

28 Nov 1880 Queensland, Australia - 1904

abt Sep 1854 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia - 19 May 1898

F

20 Jan 1837 Icklesham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 1872

1865 Maryborough, Colony of Victoria - 1894

bef 1860 - 29 Aug 1884

20 Jan 1890 Queensland, Australia - 26 Jan 1930

19 Dec 1881 South Australia, Australia - 19 Jul 1916

abt 1821 - 1847

1848 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Feb 1886

1845 South Australia, Australia - 03 Jun 1875

G

16 Jan 1828 Norfolk Plains, Tasmania, Australia - 18 Aug 1865

31 Jan 1862 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 30 Oct 1889

H

20 Mar 1870 Germany - 11 Jan 1896

07 Apr 1840 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 1873

1847 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 1881

1832 Ashburnham, Sussex, England - 21 Apr 1859

abt 1849 - 23 Dec 1886

1902 Granville, New South Wales, Australia - 1927

abt 1844 - 20 Sep 1888

11 Dec 1847 Bigga, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Sep 1877

1868 Queensland, Australia - 1889

H cont.

abt 1850 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1874

I

22 Aug 1876 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 21 Apr 1916

10 Aug 1879 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 07 Jan 1908

29 Jul 1845 New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 1877

1876 Carlton, Victoria (Australia) - 1899

J

20 Aug 1795 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Apr 1818

1854 Sutton Forest, New South Wales (Australia) - 1888

04 Jun 1884 Sandwell, South Australia, Australia - 24 Oct 1917

bef 1865 - 09 Jun 1886

Apr 1800 New South Wales, Australia - 25 Jan 1827

10 Apr 1895 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 18 May 1920

abt 1848 - 02 Apr 1874

12 Apr 1866 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - 07 Jul 1890

K

18 Sep 1884 Cunningar, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Apr 1924

1854 Belfast, Victoria (Australia) - 1876

26 Jun 1865 Moonta, South Australia, - 17 Jul 1891

abt 1814 - 1837

25 Sep 1868 Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1908

L

1852 Maidstone, Kent, England - 1872

06 Mar 1889 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 27 Aug 1908

1905 Molong, New South Wales, Australia - 1934

bef 1855 Ireland - 1883

1891 Sutton Forest, New South Wales (Australia) - 1914

abt Nov 1852 Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 08 Aug 1884

1897 Adelaide, South Australia (Australia) - 1922

1865 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Oct 1891

1870 Victoria, Australia - Jan 1900

13 Mar 1837 Holloway, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Aug 1867

1886 Parramatta, New South Wales (Australia) - 1922

abt 1843 County Cork, Ireland - 1868

M

1837 - 05 Apr 1869

bef 1854 - 1881

1853 Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 23 Aug 1881

26 Oct 1858 Dungog, Colony of New South Wales - 25 Oct 1886

1859 Essendon, Victoria, Australia - 1893

1904 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 1934

abt 1873 Gunbar, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Nov 1905

1848 County Clare, Ireland - 05 Apr 1884

06 Mar 1807 Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 11 Sep 1848

24 Oct 1924 Queensland, Australia - 23 Apr 1956

1854 Gawler, South Australia (Australia) - 09 Apr 1885

15 Feb 1860 Armidale, Colony of New South Wales (Australia) - 13 Aug 1890

1920 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia - 1937

N

11 Dec 1855 Mullamuddy, New South Wales, Australia - 26 Jun 1882

1874 Parramatta, New South Wales (Australia) - 17 Jun 1914

O

bef 1845 - 29 Mar 1868

P

04 Mar 1876 Queensland, Australia - 23 Mar 1903

abt 1888 Barraba, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Mar 1916

21 Jul 1801 St Pancras, Middlesex, England - 20 Apr 1847

1867 - 19 Apr 1886

1841 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 1874

abt 1867 - 05 Oct 1887

1846 - 26 Jan 1873

bef 1889 - 13 Jul 1912

abt 1848 Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom - 21 Apr 1887

14 Nov 1858 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Dec 1904

26 Jan 1892 Gayndah, Queensland, Australia - 29 Dec 1912

28 Dec 1811 Devon, England, United Kingdom - 1851

12 Mar 1868 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Sep 1895

1852 Geelong, Colony of Victoria - 11 Oct 1870

P cont.

28 May 1883 Clermont, Colony of Queensland (Australia) - 1916

abt 1855 - 1889

Q

1853 Knesebeck, Wittingen, Celle, Celle, Hannover, Europa - 13 Nov 1891

R

1841 Tea Pot Swamp, Abercrombie, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 1856

1887 Collingwood, Victoria (Australia) - 1906

abt 1875 Townsville, Queensland (Australia) - 19 Mar 1901

02 Apr 1885 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Mar 1912

10 Jan 1883 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Jul 1911

25 Oct 1882 Mullamuddy, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Jun 1912

09 Nov 1894 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Nov 1922

14 Jan 1883 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jul 1922

13 Aug 1874 Sawpit Flats via Bocoble, New South Wales (Australia) - 17 Apr 1904

03 Jul 1871 Concord, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Nov 1906

abt 1826 County Antrim, Ireland - 18 Dec 1862

28 May 1817 London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Aug 1855

31 Jul 1861 Linton, Victoria, Australia - 23 Mar 1883

S

03 Apr 1818 Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 04 May 1854

12 Feb 1893 Plainland, Queensland, Australia - 09 Nov 1912

16 Dec 1831 Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 04 Dec 1871

28 Mar 1847 Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 04 Jan 1886

1891 Jerrawa, New South Wales (Australia) - 1920

abt 1832 Ripon, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1867

1815 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Nov 1837

12 Dec 1869 Victoria, Huon, Tasmania, Australia - 08 Dec 1889

1863 New South Wales, Australia - 10 Jun 1895

1880 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 1908

09 Jan 1919 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - aft 01 Jan 1940

1893 Parramatta, New South Wales (Australia) - 1919

1847 Duntenam, Western Australia - 24 Jun 1884

1853 Geelong, Colony of Victoria - 23 Jun 1877

abt 1850 Adelaide, Province of South Australia - 04 Sep 1880

T

bef 1870 - 1898

21 Aug 1839 Prussia, Germany - 07 Sep 1873

25 Mar 1837 Parramatta, New South Wales (Australia) - 22 Jun 1867

bef 1924 - 1957

1846 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 1876

Jul 1896 Hungerford, Berkshire, England - 29 Oct 1926

abt 1817 Ireland - 30 Jul 1849

abt 1808 Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Nov 1850

W

01 Jun 1852 Adelaide, Colony of South Australia - 03 Sep 1875

21 Jan 1828 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 07 May 1862

1874 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Mar 1900

1858 Ashley, Western Australia, Australia - 03 Nov 1901

02 Nov 1855 Stockport, South Australia, Australia - 27 Dec 1880

20 Aug 1841 Molong, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Feb 1868

abt 1817 England, United Kingdom - 20 Apr 1860

1825 Horsley, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Aug 1859

1869 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia - 1890

1863 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 20 Apr 1894

1893 Temora, New South Wales, Australia - 1919

1842 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 1869

1879 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Feb 1903

abt 1824 Essex, England, United Kingdom - 28 Jan 1854

1846 Kiama, New South Wales (Australia) - 1890

11 May 1900 Robertstown, South Australia, Australia - 22 Jun 1925

03 Oct 1863 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Jun 1893

1882 Port Macquarie, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Jan 1923

bef 1833 - 1877

abt Jan 1827 Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jun 1866

07 Jul 1799 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Jun 1826