Memoirs of Papua New Guinea

Mary Clancy was born and educated in Mackay Queensland, Australia. She did her General Nurse training there, and spent 10 months in Mt. Isa Queensland, Australia. This was followed by a stint in the Australian Army for 3 years. After that, she worked in Hospitals in New South Wales for 2 – 3 years.

Mary moved to Melbourne Victoria, and took up studies in Midwifery and Gynaecology, graduating as a D.C. in 1968. Following a few months of post graduate experience at the Women’s Hospital, Mary transferred to Clermont Queensland for a year. From there Mary went back to her hometown of Mackay, and worked in a private Hospital for 3 years. But her restless spirit led to an interest in undeveloped Countries. This resulted in her undertaking a 2 year Health Department Contract in Papua New Guinea in 1972.

There, in Papua New Guinea, Mary was to learn about cultures, traditions and a totally different environment from the one to which she was accustomed.

The context of this book is factual.