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She returned to Europe for further postgraduate training in endocrinology after WWII. [1] On the return voyage to New Zealand in 1946 she took a position as ship's doctor on the Port Philip. [4] [6] Gurr was an advocate for general practice and for the role the general practitioner played in family welfare. [1]
Voyages established a training academy at the Ayers Rock Resort to provide young Indigenous people with accredited training in hospitality and the resort significantly increased its level of Indigenous staff from 1 per cent of the workforce at time of acquisition to approximately 32 per cent of the workforce in 2015. [6]
This voyage, known as "No Nā Mamo" or "For the Children", was designed to train a new generation of voyagers to sail Hōkūleʻa, to share values and knowledge of voyaging and to celebrate the revival of canoe building and non-instrument navigation.
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Mystic Seaport Museum (founded as Marine Historical Association) is a maritime museum in Mystic, Connecticut, the largest in the United States. [1] Its 19-acre (0.077 km 2) site holds a collection of ships and boats and a re-creation of a 19th-century seaport village consisting of more than 60 historic buildings, including many rare commercial structures that were moved to the site and ...
Bernard Charles Beale (10 September 1830 – 16 January 1910) was a New Zealand medical doctor and local body politician. Born in England, he was a licensed surgeon assistant and also worked as a ship's surgeon before emigrating with his wife to New Zealand in 1861.
MV Africa Mercy is a 152 m (498 ft 8 in), 16,572 GT hospital ship belonging to the humanitarian organization Mercy Ships. [1] Converted from the rail ferry MS Dronning Ingrid in 2007, she is currently the world's second largest non-governmental floating hospital, following the organization's newest and largest ship, the MV Global Mercy.
MV Global Mercy is the world's largest civilian hospital ship, constructed as the first purpose-built floating hospital for humanitarian organization Mercy Ships. [3] The contract to build the vessel was awarded to Stena RoRo of Göteborg, Sweden in 2014.