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Woman Annie Jean Macnamara, DBE (1 April 1899 – 13 October 1968) was an Australian clinical specialist and researcher, most popular for her commitments to kids' wellbeing and government assistance. She was regarded as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.

Annie Jean Macnamara was conceived on 1 April 1899 to John and Annie Macnamara in Beechworth, Victoria. Her family moved to Melbourne when she was seven and she went to Spring Road State School. She got a grant to learn at the Presbyterian Ladies' College. She entered the University of Melbourne at age 17, she graduated M.B. furthermore, B.S. in 1922; other remarkable Australians who additionally graduated in her group included Kate Isabel Campbell, Lucy Meredith Bryce, Jean Littlejohn and Frank Macfarlane Burnet.

Macnamara kicked the bucket at 69 years old from cardiovascular illness in 1968.

Seven other Australian clinical researchers were honored in the issue of a lot of four Australian stamps discharged in 1995. She shows up on the 45 penny stamp with individual University of Melbourne graduate, Frank Macfarlane Burnet.

In 2018, the Australian Electoral Commission renamed the government appointive division of Melbourne Ports to Macnamara in her honour.

A suburb of Canberra was named Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory in celebration of Jean Macnamara.Macnamara Place, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm, is likewise named in her respect.