Miniature Doll Hygeia - The ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Romans believed gods directed physical welfare. Temples were built for priests - physicians. In Greece temples remains of "Asklepios" provided hostels, hospital wards, bath houses, gymnasia. Hygeia symbolized health and panacea. Hippocrates born in 460BC was a great physician and held ideals of ethical conduct and practice. Todays medical students still adhere to this oath when graduation and also laid the foundations of scientific medicine.Miniature Doll - Dressed in Blue Dress with Silver Trim 30 cm tall with name tag. Name Tag Hygeianursing history, nursing education equipment, miniature doll

Florence Nightingale said to be the founder of modern nursing. She became a legend in her lifetime due to her achievements. Before the Crimean war there was no professional burses. The Barrick Hospital filthy with vermin and nursing equipment inadequate. Despite this she planned and executed care for the sick and wounded. In gratitude the British people raised funds to establish a School of Nursing for the training and education of nurses including scientific progress in nursingMiniature Doll 30cm tall. Doll is dressed in blue dress white cuffs collar and headpeaceName Tagnurse training, nursing history, northern district school of nursing, miniature dolls

Associated with CarisbrookPhotograph of a group of school boys dressed in cadet like uniform, It is assumed they are dressed for a play or performance. em22, carisbrook, carisbrook primary school, carisbrook state school, cadets, uniform

Drill dress, AWAS - belonged to Lilian E. Steinberg (on same hanger as dress with blue trim)uniform, ww2, army

Standard issue battle dress pants, issued by defense department. Khaki Pattern 1949 Battle Dress trousers. Four hidden buttons in front closure. Nine exposed buttons around circumference of waistband. Seven internal plastic buttons around inner waist. Two large back pockets with hidden button under flap of each pocket. One large pocket with flap and hidden button on side of left leg/thigh. Bottom of pants hemmed with extra brown fabric attached on inner of each leg hem. Regular side pockets at front of each leg. At rim of each side of the pants there is a buckle feature. Sewn patch with faded illegible subscription. No. 18 visible. Regimental No. ...................... Name_______________ Stamp on inner waist band - 'D ^ D'.military uniforms, army, battle pants

This photograph shows the wharf in the 1980's. It is the early days of tourism, and shows Helen Coulson, dressed in period costume guiding the tourists. The sign shows distances from Echuca to significant sites on the Murray River in miles, as that was the way distance was calculated in the 1870's. The sign is no longer there.This photograph shows Helen Coulson as a tour guide. Helen was the first Manager of the Port of Echuca from the mid 1970's. The tourism industry was still in it's infancy and Helen was a strong supporter of the Port. The photograph also shows the structure of the wharf as the photograph is taken on the lower level.3 black and white photographs of tourists under the wharf with Helen Coulson, dressed in period costume, as a tour guide. The structure of the wharf can be clearly seen. Also a sign with towns showing their distance from Echuca, in miles, can clearly be seen. The three photographs are identical. There are no inscriptions or markings.helen coulson, echuca wharf., tourism, murray river, rosel, mike

Catalogue card reads, 'City celebrations, 1960. Men in fancy dress taking part in procession'. Chinese dragon.

Catalogue card reads, 'City celebrations, 1960. Men in fancy dress taking part in procession'. Chinese dragon.

This item is part of the Di Reidie collection. Diane Reidie was a much loved volunteer and President of Brighton Historical Society from 1999 until 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Di and her family lived in Male Street, Brighton for many years. A vibrant and energetic person with a zest for life and a gift for bringing people together, Di was a friend to many in the Bayside community and active in local community organisations. Her tireless work as President of BHS saw her named Bayside Citizen of the Year in 2008. As a seller and collector of vintage clothing, she was passionate about fashion history; one of her many enduring contributions to BHS was her extensive work in preserving, developing and promoting the Society's costume collection. In 2018-19, Di donated more than one hundred items from her personal vintage clothing collection to the Society. The collection, which includes clothing, hats, handbags and shoes from local and international designers, is representative of Di's wide-ranging interests, colourful personality, creativity, humour and love of fashion and travel. Di purchased this 1930s dress in 1983 to wear to her sister's Registry Office wedding in William Street, Melbourne. It was the first vintage clothing item she ever purchased and was the starting point of a lifelong love of collecting, preserving and promoting historical clothing. She subsequently wore the dress to a great number of events and considered it an important piece in her wardrobe. c1930s black cotton filet net dress with white cotton embroidered flowers. The dress fastens centre front with three hook and eyes, eleven black silk covered buttons and finished with black acetate ribbon band pussy bow at the neck , is slim fitting and finishes at approximately knee length. The head of the sleeve is gathered with a small shoulder band and finishes above the elbow with a black silk band. filet net, 1930s, di reidie, vintage clothing

Khaki Dress TrousersWhite Label on inside of trousrs ADA Victoria 2001

Khaki Dress Trousersuniform, 1980, army

Poly. Dress. Tailoreduniform, c1940, army

RAN White. Dress.uniform, 1989, ran

Lanyard white dressuniform, vietnam, army

Lanyard white dressuniform, vietnam, army

Black Dress Mensuniform, general

Black Dress Mensuniform, general

Shirt white dressuniform, 1980, general

Coates in formal dress."Alfred John Coates Home Missionary Service, Alexandra 1896 to South Melbourne 1919"alfred coates, methodist, home missionary

Sir Albert Ernest Coates (1895-1977), surgeon, was born on 28 January 1895 at Ballarat, Victoria, eldest of seven children of Arthur Coates, letter carrier, and his wife Clara Annie, née Eustice, both Victorian born. Although their worldly possessions were few, Arthur and Clara raised their family in an affectionate atmosphere and instilled in them the virtues of honesty, industry and education. They were strong supporters of the Methodist Church. (Australian Dictionary of Biography extract). Arthur apparently was a Home Missionary at one stage of his life.Coates in formal dress.coates, arthur

Nurses head dress

Army cap dressheadgear, 1988, army

Dress tie blackuniform, ww2, ran

Silver dress clip dress clips

White dress jacket

Made by Estelle Bannister for daughter Giselda.Child's woollen dress.Nilchild's woollen dress

Made by a Mrs Harris for daughter Norma in 1920 (Norma Poxon)Cream silk smocked baby's dress, embroidered collar and yoke, smocked sleeves. Embroidered hem of dress. Back of dress also smocked and embroidered and fastened with four pearl buttons.nonecostume, children's

Probably a Christening Gown.White lawn infant's dress with bobbin lace on neck, bodice, hem of sleeves and dress . Insert of lace near hem of dress. Pink ribbon threaded through eyelet lace.costume, infants', handcrafts, lacemaking