(Community Recognition Notices, 9 May 2023, Legislative Assembly, NSW Parliament)

On behalf of the Sydney electorate, I mourn the passing of Elinor Wrobel OAM, nurse, curator, art collector, benefactor, and advocate on 12 March. Elinor and her husband Fred amassed an amazing collection of Australian art that has travelled to galleries around the country and ran the Woolloomooloo Gallery from 1984 to 1999. Their John Passmore Museum of Art held more than 270 of his artworks from 2003, and Elinor acted as consultant curator for the University of Melbourne Grainger Museum from 1982 to 1999. Elinor took on the establishment of the Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum in 2001, she described it as a museum which records the history not only of the nursing profession but also the medical staff and related professions. It is a vast repository of archives and objects. She recovered and restored the unique rare morbid specimen collection of body parts and would regale any visitor with stories about them. Elinor devoted much time to education about art, costumes, textiles and of course the history of modern nursing. She was passionate and acted on her passions for public good. Vale Elinor Wrobel.