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Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Last Afternoon Tea, Baxter Lounge, ground floor of Nurses Home_ 18 July 1999_prior to demolition of Nurses Home
Last Afternoon Tea, Baxter Lounge, ground floor of Nurses Home_ 18 July 1999_prior to demolition of Nurses HomeHard Copieslast, afternoon tea, baxter lounge, nurses home, 1999, demolition, nurses home -
Melbourne Legacy
Newspaper - Document, article, 25,000 Returned Soldiers, Headed By Their Leader, Sir John Monash, Marched Past The Cenotaph On Anzac Day, 05/05/1928
A newspaper photo of returned servicemen and nurses marching past the original First World War memorial during an Anzac Day march in 1928. It was published as a centre page spread on 5 May 1928 in the The Weekly Times. '25,000 Returned Soldiers, Headed By Their Leader, Sir John Monash, Marched Past The Cenotaph On Anzac Day.' A war memorial to the 1914-1918 war was originally erected in Spring Street outside the Victorian Parliament Building (at that time it was the being used by the Australian Federal Parliament, from 1901-1927 when it moved to Canberra). Anzac Day services were held at this memorial in the 1920s and early 1930s. Items were in an envelope with other photos and programmes from different items relating to the Shrine of Remembrance - including discussions on its location and design. Labelled 'Shrine of Remembrance S1 - S14' it was part of an old archive numbering system (S=Shrine), that showed there has been efforts in the past to collect, order and save items of Legacy's history. From articles in Trove: The temporary cenotaph was the original first world war memorial until the Shrine of Remembrance was dedicated in 1937. The cenotaph was a half size replica of the London Symbol of Remembrance in Whitehall. It was made from timber and plaster and was initially meant to only last for the 1926 Anzac day service and be removed. With annual upkeep it remained until at least 1934 when ex-service men proceeded from the incomplete Shrine to the cenotaph on the steps of Parliament House on Anzac day.A record of an Anzac Day ceremony at the old First World War memorial in Spring Street in 1928. Not many photos are available of the original memorial. The size of the march past (reported as 25,000 soldiers) points to the enormous number of Victorians who served in the First World War. Black and white newspaper article about ANZAC Day at the old First World War memorial in Spring Street in 1928.Title: '25,000 Returned Soldiers, Headed By Their Leader, Sir John Monash, Marched Past The Cenotaph On Anzac Day.' Caption: " Scene at Parliament House, Melbourne, where the Governor, Lord Somers, took the salute, as returned Soldiers and Nurses passed, on they way to the Commemorative Service at the Exhibition.'anzac day, wreath laying ceremony -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
.1 Black and white photograph of men outside the original Clunes hospital, 2 men are up a ladder, appear to be maintenance workers as some have tools. Mounted on charcoal coloured board. .2 Black and white photograph of the rear of Clunes hospital, possible nurses quarters, mounted on grey cardboard .3 Black and white photograph of the front of the hospital with a group of people that includes nurses in uniform, mounted on beige cardboard.1 On front, at bottom; Bawden Photographer Clunesclunes hospital, bawden photographer -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Training School 68, 2017
The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989.Colour Photo: School 68 Reunion at the Woodhouse Restaurant, Bendigo of 18 nurses on 16/7/2017 to celebrate 50 years since the commencement of PTS. Back Row L-R: Nanette Hamilton (Munro), Patricia Rojo (Sporn), Dawn Oswald (Tarran), Donna Brook (O'Dwyer), Joan Rogers (Matson), Maxine Fergusan (Gray), Suzanne Margan (Gee), Wendy Dillon (Martin), Rhonda Williams (Marshall) Middle Row L-R: Val Davies (Brown), Heather Martin (Pell), Joan Cleven (Voutier), Janet Whelan (Brereton), Sue Lowe (Davies) Front Row L-R: Judi Besley (McAlister), Cheryl Johnson (Winzar), Myrtle Darby (Eickert), Pam Van Kempen (Gray). nurse training, ndsn, lister house, school 68 -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Book, Susan Sherson, Being There: Nursing at "The Melbourne" Victoria's First Hospital, 2005
It follows the intertwined history of nursing and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Significant events, people and places. 572 pages. Orange toned cover of nurses c.1934 with handwriting overlay. White pages with black and white images throughout. Added Index booklet 32 pages attached. inside the cover handwritten inscription from the author in blue ink reads "For the Queen Vic Women's Centre, Warmest good wishes, Susan Sherson 7/2/2008"women health professionals, historic buildings, hospitals -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH HOSPITAL
THE CLUNES HOSPITAL WAS RE-MODELLED IN 1937 - SUBSEQUENTLY BURNT IN A BUSHFIRE IN 1944. A NEW HOSPITAL WAS BUILT IN ANOTHER SITE IN 1947.LARGE PHOTOCOPY OF CLUNES HOSPITAL WHICH WAS BURNT DURING THE 1944 BUSH FIRES. MATRON CLAIRE STEWART STANDING ON FRONT STEPS OF MAIN ENTRANCE. NURSES ROOMS ON RIGHT SIDE.local history, photography, photographs, hospital [old] -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
Australian Nursing Federation fridge magnet, [1995-2000s?]
Rectangular gold and red fridge magnet. Magnet printed with 'NURSES. you can't live without them!', the Australian Nursing Federation logo and phone number ('03-9274 9333').nursing, nurses, unionism, trade unions, merchandise, fridge magnet, magnet, australian nursing federation -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, Queen Victoria Hospital, 1914-1923
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.Small circular pressed tinplate badge, produces for fundraising purposes featuring an image of Santa Claus and a nurse beside a hospital bed. The words Queen Victoria Hospital surround the image."QV / Queen Victoria Hospital"queen victoria hospital, patriotic buttons, badges -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Badges - Australian, WW1 and WW2
Australian badges mounted on card. 1 Rising Sun Hat Badges, 6 x Collar badges including a silver nurses type, 6 x Australia shoulder titles. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: 1958
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Wednesday, December 17, 2003. !958: Nurse at Kurmala, 1958. Surnames: Southby, Watson, Kennedy, Tehan and Murphy. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - ANZAC COLLECTION: HERALD SUN MAGAZINE GALLIPOLI 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, 2015
Gallipoli 100 year anniversary magazine produced by Herald Sun. Black and white print, many photos of World War 1 soldiers, nurses, campaigns, objects from period.newspaper, sun news -pictorial, anzac, bendigo, world war 1 and 11., army, navy, airforce -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Joyce Snow
Joyce Snow was born in Avenel and came to Beechworth at the age of twenty-three. She grew up at Bundarta, a place just out of Shepparton. Her father was a soldier who was part of the 37th Battallion while her mother's family were some of the pioneers of Beechworth--the Duracks. She finished school at about thirteen years old, did a correspondence course, and when she was old enough, she went training for nursing. Joyce was a trained nurse at the old Mooroopna Base, Hospital. She working at a Hospital in Shepparton when Manpower sent her to Beechworth. She arrived at Beechworth in 1943 at a train in Wangaratta. She had been a nurse in Beechworth for more than seven years. She got married in Beechworth and had three children, two girls and one boy. By the time of her third child, she studied a one year supplementary course on Psychy at May Day. Joyce had nursed prisoners of the First World War. She shared about the differences of medical practice back then in comparison to now. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Joyce Snow's account of her life in the early 20th century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. She gave information about the settlements and life of the prisoners of First World War, the early forms of entertainment, education system and societal roles. She also mentioned changes in employment and migrant communities. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Joyce Snowburke museum, beechworth, hospital, oral history, nursing, nurse, first world war, prisoners of war, tatatura, moonrapna, peritontitis, doctors, tuck shops, largactil, rock films, victoria park, kings in grass castle, durack, duracks, glory box, d'oylies -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear, Nurses hat
Grey felt wide brim hat with black hatband and red and silver corps badge of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps. Service Dress HatHat badge - 'Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps', 'Pro Humanitate'nurse, hat, barbara frances black, t/captain -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Uniform - Belt buckle, Circa 1955-1972
The buckle was awarded to nurses after successful passing of their first year examination ("first professional") and was a prized object. When the buckle was withdrawn in 1972 with the introduction of a new style of trainee nurses uniform without belt and buckle nurses protested at the change. In response the buckle was then awarded after the staffing year.Circular silver metal buckle with four pierced circular sections spaced at equidistant intervals around the buckle's edge.Intertwined initials of hospital 'SVH' in blue enamel edged with silver metal on circular relief at centre of badge. Manufacturer's name 'Swann & Hudson Frankston' inscribed on reverse of badge. st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurses uniform -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BENDIGO SANATORIUM: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PHOTOS
Two photocopies of photos, published in the Bendigo Advertiser's series "The Way We Were" on March 24 and 25th , 2015. Photo LH side of paper shows '1954, The Queen's visit to Bendigo Hospital. In the photo are the tuberculosis patients with nurses Gwen Hill ( middle front ) and Brenda Hollis ( far right). Other photo 'The Chalet at Bendigo Hospital housed the tuberculosis patients and nurses all wore gowns and masks when tending to the patients'bendigo, hospital, sanatorium -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital with Nurses grouped around the fountain c1915
Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital Nurses around fountain in front of hospital. c1917 Includes May Booth later Chapman. Standing from left to right Nurse Palmer, Sister Wren, and myself (May Booth) Sitting Nurse Taylor, Williams, Baines, Singleton Sitting in front Matron Lang. stawell medical, hospital, ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster - POSTER, RED CROSS, MOUNTED, C.WW2
Poster applied to canvas on timber frame painted texture. Nurse in Red Cross uniform is coloured, the cross is red & print is black. Produced by the Australian Red Cross Society ARCS 248.Front of poster: “REMEMBER Red Cross needs You AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY” essential services - red cross, illustrations, carpentry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - copy, D Albacenti, 1944
Australian Army Nursing Service Sister K. Heaphy. No 1 Hospital Waranga 1944 POW CampLaser copy of a caricature of a nurse. Watercolour painting outline in black ink. Uniform red cape, blue uniform, white veil. Holding a sall tray. Gold coloured sticker on the back.australian army nursing service, sister k. heaphy, no. 1 hospital waranga, internee paintings, dot cussens, d. albacenti -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Thermometer
Silver nurse Mercury thermometer with chain and pin for attaching to clothing. Overall length 10" Length thermometer case 4½" Thermometer labelled "J Hicks 89X610 Hatton Garden London" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, thermometer -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photographs - colour, Clare Gervasoni, World War One Nurses (reenactment), Bacchus Marsh, 2014, 07/09/2014
Faye Threllfall and Jenny Baker reenact World War One nurses at Bacchus Marsh to commemorate 100 years since the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) undertook a recruitment drive in that town.world war, world war 1, world war one nurses, nurses, bacchus marsh, faye threllfall, jenny baker -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Dr. Drake's Open Air Hospital
Dr. Drake had TB, but cured himself. He then established an open Air Hospital in what is now the grounds of the Whitefriars Seminary in Park Road Donvale.Black and white photograph of nurse standing outside Open Air Chalet at Dr. Francis Drake's Open Air TB Hospital at the site of the present Whitehorse Seminary at Donvale. See History.drake, francis john dr, tb hospital, donvale, whitefriars seminary, nethercote, john -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Les Grenades, 1914-1918
This is number 22 of 27 items in the Daisy Vickers collection of World War One memorabilia. These items were sent or given to Daisy Ogier (nee Vickers) during World War One by Corporal Arthur Anderson who enlisted from Warrnambool in 1915 at the age of 21. He served in Egypt and France and returned to Australia in 1919. Daisy Ogier (1907-1987) was a student and then a teacher at Warrnambool Technical School with her early teaching years there from 1925 to 1936 and in 1949. She became the head mistress from 1950 to 1963 and in 1968. She officially retired in 1976. Daisy Vickers was one of the best loved and dedicated teachers that the school ever had. She married the Reverend Fred Ogier and continued her association with the school after her husband's death. This card is interesting because of its association with World War One and with two local people: Daisy Vickers and Arthur Anderson. This is a coloured postcard with a sketch of three children dressed in military outfits. The child dressed as a nurse is giving a piece of fruit to a child dressed as a wounded soldier. On the back it has space for correspondence and an address.Les Grenadesdaisy vickers, warrnambool, world war one post card, postcard ww1 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GRADUATES
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Monday, January 14, 2002. Graduates: proud nurses trained at the old Bendigo Base Hospital between 1932 and 1935. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Headwear - Photograph, colour, c.1903
Cream pith helmets were part of the uniform worn by Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) Trained nurses (Nurses) from the early 1900s when giving nursing care to the sick poor of Melbourne. When riding their bicycles the helmet was held on by a long white scarf tied under the Nurse's chin. From its earliest years when Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) Trained nurses, known as 'Nurse' in those days, began to wear uniforms the chosen colour was grey, though the style changed throughout the years as fashions changed from the late 1800s through to the 1970s. The Nurses firstly wore long grey frocks and a white cap with a long white tail hanging from the centre back. When bicycles were introduced in 1903 the headgear changed to a cream pith helmet adorned with a red Maltese cross in the centre front. This was held on with a veil going over the hat and tied under the chin. Over the years there were complaints that the veils became wet in the rain and they asked for a change of uniform, but this did not happen until 1921. The Nurses complained their skirts became wet when riding their bicycles in the rain and asked, when raining, to be able to wear breeches and gaiters. This was granted provided they wore aprons when attending patients. It was not long before the uniform changed to a shorter length grey frock, red cardigan, grey coat and grey brimmed hat; later changed to a peaked grey hat. In 1966 MDNS were granted Royal patronage. Now as Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), the uniform was redesigned and colour changed in 1971. By 1972 the Sisters were wearing the new winter uniform of a blue/grey skivvie under a V neck tunic style frock made of blue/grey herringbone winter material with the RDNS insignia on the upper left, and a beret of the same material. In summer the uniform became a royal blue V neck tunic style frock, with the RDNS insignia on the upper left, worn over a short sleeve white blouse. A royal blue peaked hat with the RDNS insignia in the centre front was worn at first and then only worn on official occasions. This uniform was worn until changed to a corporate style in the mid 1980s,This hard cream coloured pith helmet has a 'pudding basin' shaped crown with 2 eyelets on both sides of it and a raised 'button' in the centre of the crown. This is encircled by a slightly sloping brim. A red cotton Maltese cross is emblazoned in the centre. The crown has a 66 cm circumference and is 12 cm deep; the raised central button is 3.5 cm x 3 cm; and the brim has a 101 cm circumference and is 5 cm deep.melbourne district nursing society, mdns, mdns uniforms, rdns, royal district nursing service -
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Booklet, Handbook for Sisters, c. 1960
Manual for nursesSpiral bound blue carboard handbook with black text. Repatriation General Hospital and Australian Coat of Arms on cover.nursing, binder, manual, repatriation general hospital -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
Some residents - Nurse Stewart, midwife, 1920's and 1930's, Christina Smith, dressmaker (daughter of Nurse Stewart), Con Coveoulos, Bill Barkas and family.Colour photograph of a weatherboard cottage, corrugated iron roof, front veranda partially enclosed at 16 Barkes Avenue. Brick fence a recent addition. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
29-minute video documentary on the history of the Victorian nurses union, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch), The rise and rise of the Victorian nurses' union, 2006
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 -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
32-minute video documentary on 1986 Victorian nurses strike, Breaking point: the 1986 nurses strike, 10 years on, 1998
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 -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, c.1980
This photograph depicts a Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Sister (Sr.) visiting Mrs. Hodginson and babe in their home. Sr. Wan is weighing baby Tamara as part of the Post-Natal care she is giving. A nurse who is doing her Hospital training is visiting with the Sister and observing. RDNS had a Domiciliary Infant and Maternal Care, (DIMC) service operating from most Centres which visited early discharged, often 24 hours after birth, maternity cases from hospitals to give Post-natal care to the mother and babe. Sr. Wan is wearing her RDNS summer uniform of a short sleeve white blouse under a royal blue V neck tunic style frock and a dark blue cardigan. In August 1893 Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), commenced a Midwifery Service with Nurse Fowler, who was trained in a hospital in General nursing and Midwifery nursing, being the first Midwife employed. Mothers were assessed for suitability of a home birth or if they required delivery at the Women’s Hospital. The Midwife worked in conjunction with the Doctors at the Women’s Hospital and if a complication arose before or after birth the patient was transferred to their care. Following birth, the Midwife gave Post-Natal care to both the mother and babe commencing with visits twice a day. In 1898 the service ceased due to lack of funds but recommenced in 1906, and in the August 1925 Annual Report the number of MDNS home births was recorded at 478. MDNS built the After-Care Home and a pioneering Anti-Natal Clinic was opened in 1930. The last Ante-Natal clinic was held there in December 1951 and the MDNS Midwifery service ceased in February 1952. In 1964 MDNS commenced a Post-Natal service with General and Midwifery trained MDNS Sisters working from a room on the ground floor at the Footscray Hospital Nurses quarters, and visiting early discharged Footscray Hospital maternity cases at home. Later, as Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), this service was extended and renamed as Domiciliary Infant and Maternal Care, (DIMC) service operating from most Centres and visiting early discharged, often 24 hours after birth, maternity cases from hospitals to give Post-natal care to the mother and babe. Many of the RDNS Sisters who worked in DIMC also had their Infant Welfare Certificate, though Midwifery trained nurses also visited. On the right of the black and white photograph is Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) DIMC Sister J. Wan, who has short dark curly hair and is wearing a white gown over her uniform, with the white collar and sleeves of her dark cardigan seen. She is laughing as she holds the top ring of hand held baby scales in her right hand; the bottom of the scale has a metal hook which has a sling attached to it with four cotton 'ropes'. Baby Tamara is supported in the sling which is just resting on a sheep skin and bunny rug covered metal framed change table. Sr. Wan has her left hand on the sling. To the left of the photograph is Tamara's smiling mother, Mrs. Lynda Hodginson, and in the centre of the photograph is observer Nurse Sheehan. Mrs. Hodginson is wearing a striped dress with a V neck, and has dark shoulder length hair. Nurse Sheehan has short dark hair and is wearing a white uniform and dark cardigan. A nursing watch is attached to the right hand side of her uniform. Part of a landscape picture can be seen on the wall behind her. A small white fluffy rabbit sits on the left hand side of the change table. Baby Tamara has sparse dark hair and is sucking on a dummy.Photographer's stampmdns, melbourne district nursing society, melbourne district nursing service, royal district nursing service, rdns, mdns midwifery, rdns domiciliary postnatal service, dimc, tamara hodginson, nurse sheehan, sister j. wan, mrs lynda hodginson -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, 09.1944
The group are photographed outside the Melbourne District Nursing Society After Care Hospital at 45 Victoria Parade, Collingwood. This photograph was taken three years after Miss Dorothy Tupper was appointed, in 1941, Matron of the District Nursing Division of 'Melbourne District Nursing Society and After Care Hospital'. She held this position until she retired at the end of 1962. In February 1885, 50 years after Melbourne was founded, it was recognized that nursing care was needed for the sick poor in inner Melbourne. The Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) was founded, the first Society of its kind in Australia, with one Trained nurse, called 'Nurse' in those days, and a second employed six months later, working in the now CBD, ie from Spencer Street to Spring Street and from Victoria Parade to Flinders Street. From its inception the Society only employed qualified nurses (Nurses) trained under the Hospital training system and was at the forefront of health care. They provided high quality nursing care; educated their patients in the curing and prevention of disease; teaching the importance of cleanliness and good nutrition, both by verbal instruction and demonstration, even supplying soup and milk when needed. At that time they walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of inner Melbourne carrying their nursing bag containing lotion, ointments, powders, liniment, bandages, dressings, a case of spirits, and the Nurse's own clean apron, soap and small towel. They supplied equipment on loan, such as earthenware hot water bottles, splints, urinals, bed pans, bed cradles, feeding mugs, and air-cushions as well as providing blankets and clean bed linen, and nightdresses as necessary. As the Society expanded bicycles and public transport were used to reach outer districts; before an appeal, during the influenza epidemic, provided four T Model Ford vehicles so the Nurses could visit more patients. Constant change of drivers and lack of time for maintenance caused cars to be disbanded. In addition to bicycles and public transport, a Motor Auxiliary was formed in 1929 and the public drove the District Trained nurses, 'Sisters', to visit patients in outer districts until District had its own fleet of vehicles. The After-Care and District division separated with the District Division moving premises and becoming Melbourne District Nursing Service, then in 1966 with royal patronage, Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS). Expansion followed with RDNS Centres built throughout the Melbourne suburbs and outer regions. By 2009 there were 598 cars in the fleet and the Sisters travelled 9 million 200,000 kilometres – this is equivalent to 12 trips to the moon and back. Sitting from left to right in the front row of this black and white Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), photograph is a District nurse (Sister), next is Matron Tupper, (District Nursing Division) next, the Matron of the After-Care Hospital Section of the Society, and two District nurses, one wearing her uniform brimmed hat. Seven Sisters stand behind them, the centre two in white uniform dresses, one with short blonde hair, the other dark. The two Matrons are wearing white veils. The rest of the District nurses are wearing grey long sleeved uniform dresses, and have short dark curled hair. They are in front of a concrete veranda with the brick building behind. To the left of the Sisters a hydrangea bush can be seenGreen Number 948Fmelbourne district nursing society, m.d.n.s., nurses, mdns matron, mdns uniforms, after- care hospital, rdns, royal district nursing service, dorothy tupper