The short documentary 'The rise and rise of the Victorian nurses' union' was released on DVD only in 2006. It tells the story of the Branch from its inception, charting major industrial and professional developments for nurses in Victoria over the past century. In particular, it focuses on the shortage of nurses that Victoria experienced from the 1970s to the 1990s, the removal of the 'no-strike' clause from the organisation's rules, the resultant historic 50-day 1986 Victorian nurses' strike and the growth in membership in the context of overall declining union membership in Australia.29 minute video file (.mp4 multimedia format), transferred from original DVD. In colour, with sound. Original distributed (not sold) on DVD.nursing, ratios, 1986 victorian nurses strike, industrial action, industrial relations, labour history, staffing, unionism, nurses, campaigning, organising, documentaries, feminism, victoria, australia

In October 1986, Victorian nurses began an historic strike action which was to last 50 days. Breaking Point (1998) is a retrospective work, reflecting on the 10 years following the 1986 Victorian strike. It was produced by Mark Bird and Nicholas Bird (of Waterbyrd Filmz, the production company that, as outlined above, also made Vivien Bullwinkel, Nurse TV and Australian Nurses). In this film, it is not primarily images of striking nurses and the words of striking nurses that tell the story, but the voice-over. The narrator (Patrick J. Bonello) positions the strike alongside other national and world events of 1986, ‘the year that changed the nursing profession in Australia forever’. In this film, the strike is framed as a pivotal one in the history of Australian nurses, and one that affected individual nurses deeply and transformed their profession irrevocably. There is a conscious discussion on the emotional effects of the 1986 strike – relationships broke up, people had no money, unionists could not feed their families, it was hard to keep going, families fought over the strike, picketing nurses recalled getting spat at, and there was even a death threat. [Description adapted from Milner & Brigden, 2014, pp. 116; 118]39 minute video file (.mp4 multimedia format), transferred from original videocassette. In colour, with sound. Original was released with a booklet explaining the broader context for the documentary.labor, labour history, nurses, royal australian nursing federation, strikes, industrial action, film, trade unions, 1986 victorian nurses strike, nursing, strike action, unionism, women, irene bolger, john cain, david white

Maternal and Child Health nurses test three year olds.Maternal and Child Health nurses test three year olds.city of nunawading, maternal and child health centres, stewart, sheena

Photograph of 8th Australian Field Hospital nurses & a letter from a Daphne?8th field ambulance, nurses - vietnam, denis gibbons

Peach, black and white covers with photograph of a nurse standing by two beds with mosquito netsnon-fictionInformation about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.australian nurses, australia, history, conflicts, boer war, wwi, world war one, ww2, ww1, wwii, world war two, post 1945

Peach, black and white covers with photograph of a nurse standing by two beds with mosquito netsnon-fictionInformation about nurses involved in conflicts from 1899-1999 including case studies on specific nurses experiences.australian nurses, australia, history, conflicts, boer war, wwi, world war one, ww2, ww1, wwii, world war two, post 1945

In October 1986, Victorian nurses began an historic strike action which was to last 50 days. This video is the nurses version of the dispute. Despite widespread condemnation mainly from the media, the nurses eventually won out for an appropriate career structure including significant pay increases. Actual strike footage together with nursing training films and old photographs explore vocational stereotypes and place the strike in the context of the current crisis in the health care system.44 minute video file (.mp4 multimedia format), transferred from original videocassette. In colour, with sound. Original was released with a booklet explaining the broader context for the documentary.labor, labour history, nurses, royal australian nursing federation, strikes, industrial action, film, trade unions, 1986 victorian nurses strike, nursing, strike action, unionism, campaigning, victoria, health system, staffing, australia, irene bolger, strikes and lockouts, history

Registration as general nurse on completion of training at Pleasant Creek Hospital Blue Certificate from the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses AssociationMay Booth Stawell Hospital March 1919 General Nursenursing, medical, hospital

Coloured photographs of Fairfield Hospital Nurses, probably graduating nurses. Includes: 1977 PTS 85, 87, 88. 1978 PTS 83, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, Fever Group 16. 1979 PTS 95, 99. 1982 PTS 103, 104, 105. 1983 PTS 106, 108 109. 1984 PTS 111.fairfield hospital, hospitals victoria history, fairfield hospital nurses, nmit

Historical account of Australian Service Nurses from May 1899 to 1999, covering all theatres of war, as well as in Australian hospitals. Includes six biographies and Honour Roll. Illustrate with many photographs.military history