Vision Australia
Document - Text, C.H. Nipper, Past and the Present 1866-1971 by C.H. Nipper - unordered extracts, 1960-71
When author C.H. Nipper created historical overview of the first 60 years of the RVIB, various topics were covered by an unordered series of pages on individual topics. These are:
Admittance of Aboriginal people (1/2 page)
Blinded soldiers (5 pages)
Blindness - causes and prevention (4 pages)
Buildings and Land (Snippets)
- gas
- grant of crown land
- heating
- insurance
- water
Change of name (1 page)
Deaf-Blind and the Multiple Handicapped (3 pages)
Education (9 pages, 1 missing)
Education extracts from various newspapers (2 pages)
Employment:
- Placement of blind people in employment (1 page)
- Dairyman (4 pages)
- Insurance brokerage as a profession of the blind by Fred C Tolstrup (3 pages)
Fundraising (Snippets)
- Coles Book Arcade
- Sporting matches
Kiosks for the Blind (1/2 page)
Matilda Ann Aston (5 pages)
Music (5 pages)
Nursing (2 pages)
Organ (Snippets)
Ormond Hall (3 pages)
Pensions (1/2 page)
Rehabilitation Training centre (3 pages)
Talking Book Library (1 1/2 pages)
Welfare Services (3 1/2 pages)2 page foreward and 17 page historyroyal victorian institute for the blind, c.h. nipper, blind soldiers, deaf-blind, ormond hall, fundraising, rvib nursery, nellie melba, alice mcclelland, charles halle, blinded soldiers bowling club, talking books, employment, aboriginal and torrens strait islander people, pensions, tilly aston, fred c tolstrup, charles gatty, blindness, welfare services, rehabilitation, education, buildings