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Hewland, Robyn, Dr.

 Person

Biography

Dr. Robyn Hewland was born to schoolteacher, lecturer and councillor John Leonard Henry Hewland and medical clinic receptionist Helen May nee Stephens at London. Robyn a medical practicioner and psychiatrist, she was consultant psychiatrist at Sunnyside Hospital before she moved to Australia. She specialised in the mental health of children and worked at Kingslea Girls' Home, ACC, Ngāi Tahu and DSW. In 1964 Robyn married farmer Richard Dudley Willis, they divorced in 1971.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robyn Hewland child welfare papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0809
Scope and Contents

The papers of Robyn Hewland, Consultant psychiatrist at Sunnyside Hospital, includes submissions, periodicals, reports, press clippings and other papers on the rights and well-being of children. Largely includes papers relating to the International Year of the Child, 1979, with some other related material.

Dates: 1973-1989