Membership card for Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Members could obtain reduced in-patient fees on presentation of this card.Textured card, salmon on front, white on inside, folded once, with receipt pasted in. With covering letter to Noel Withers from the donor, Bob Manuell"F. Squire, Gladstone Rd Briar Hill, 17/6/42, Life 30 pounds. [Issued by] P Stubley"diamond valley community hospital

Membership Certificate for the Melbourne Hospital Birthday League. Certificate number 76809 awarded to Ernest Bishop 08/06/1936Certificate printed on light card.Typed on card "Date 8/6/36" and "Mr Ernest Bishop"royal melbourne hospital, bishop family

This photo is of a ward - probably the female ward, as there a many floral arrangements - of the original hospital at Tawonga. This was situated at the corner of Ryders Lane and Kiewa Valley Highway. The building was transported from Bonegilla where it was originally a part of the Bonegilla Military Hospital. The hospital was opened on 24th September, 1949 with a capacity of 12 beds, but was later increased to 35 beds by enclosing the verandahs on 3 sides of the building. 'Add ons' provided theatre, offices, stores and a nurses home. Construction was commenced by the Hospital and Charities Commission with considerable input from the S.E.C., providing the removal and re-erection of the building, the accommodation for nursing staff and carried all work necessary to make the building operational as a hospital. Up until this time the nearest hospital was at Yackandandah. The hospital remained on this site until 1961 when a larger, more suitable building was purchased in Mt. Beauty from the S.E.C.A photographic record of a typical open plan style ward in that era. There were no private rooms. There are portable screens stored at the end of the room to provide "privacy" at the bedside when needed. There is a fan on the wall for cooling. Depicts the rather primitive conditions of that era when compared with todays standards.Black and white photograph of a ward in the Tawonga District Hospitalhospital, ward, tawonga

The Bendigo Base Hospital was established in 1853 as the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital. This forty second Annual Report provides a detailed account of finances, building and maintenance works. The report also provided information on the number of people admitted, their occupation, residence area, operations undertaken. The largest number of patients were listed as those doing domestic duties (522), with labourers (333), miners (264) and school children (220) making up the top four from a total of 1886. James Buick was the Resident Surgeon during this year and his report states that the number of in-patients by far exceeded any previous years with the Hospital at full capacity most of the time. A typhoid and a measles epidemic added to the strain on resources. Printed annual report with brown paper cover. city of greater bendigo health services, councillor mcgowen, councillor h m marks, councillor j h abbott, james buick

Board of Management of The Alfred commissioned Ann M Mitchell to write a history of the hospital from its foundation until the nineteen-forties. The hospital treated its first outpatient on 6 March 1871 and its first inpatient on 13 March 1871.Book details major milestones of hospital's history from 1860's including its naming after Prince Alfred. Records major achievements including important treatment, teaching and research. Lists many important personnel including doctors, nurses, matrons and Board Members.Small Book 299 Pages Red CoverThe Hospital South of the Yarra, Ann M Mitchellthe alfred, history, 1871, 1940's, medical, patients, health, hospital

The first helicopter to arrive at Maroondah Hospital, Ringwood East, about 1990-91. It was used to take a child to the Children’s Hospital.Digital photos

Paperback book with pale mauve cover. Title and authors name in black print on front along with black and white photo of the first class of trainee nurses in 1896. The back cover has a black and white photo of the last Geelong Hospital General Nurse Training Program students - school 387. Numerous black and white illustrations within.non-fictionA history of nursing education at the Geelong hospital from 1896 up to 2004. Includes hospital training of general nurses and enrolled nurses. Post graduate education is also included, both hospital-based and affiliation with Deakin University. Also included is a history of Geelong Hospital.geelong hospital - history, nurse training - history

The book was preserved in the personal collection of Dr Fred Stamp. After his death in 2018, it was presented in October 2018 to the Kew HistoricaL Society by his family. This item is part of the Kew Historical Society's collection relating to the Kew Mental Hospital and its historyLeather bound and embossed 'Visitors Book" commemorating the centenary of the Kew [Mental] Hospital, inscribed on the first pages with the signatures of the Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan and Lady Delacombe, and dated 1 October 1972. The book was used, ten years later, to record the Official Opening of the Visitors Room on 2nd September 1982, and includes 19 signatures from that occasion. kew mental hospital - centenary 1872-1982, sir rohan delacombe, dr fred stamp

The Austin Hospital in Melbourne established a Spinal Injuries Unit in 1957, and soon after helped pioneer the development of wheelchair sports in Australia.Black and white photo of wheelchair basketball at the Austin Hospital in the 1960s.The reverse of the photo contains the text (written in pencil), "Austin Hospital B'Ball Court".austin hospital, wheelchair sport, disabled sports, paravics sports club, wheelchair basketball

Illustrated book with light blue cover. Abbreviated title and authors name printed in silver on front cover and spine.non-fictionA history of nursing at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney from 1882 to 1932.royal prince alfred hospital -sydney-history, nursing-nsw-history, nurses

The Ballarat Base Hospital trained nurses for 100 years. Today Ballarat nurses train at the Univesity of Ballarat or ACU (Aquinas campus). Matron M.S. Ogden (Shirley Falkinder) became president of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education.Cream and red annual report booklet of 32 pages. Includes images.university of ballarat, ballarat college of advanced education, nursing, nurse, ann neilson, sarah bishop, ballarat base hospital, m duggan, e macauley, c richardson, nurse education, rosa quartermain, ms ogden, shirley falkinder, health, shirley ogden

This certificate was issued to Mary Freitag on 6th June 1910 on completion of her three years' training at St. Vincent's Training School for Nurses. It is signed by Mary Berchmans Daly, the Mother Rectress, and by A. E. Rowden-White, the honorary lecturer. Mary Freitag registered as a nurse and then went on to join the Australian Army Nursing Service in June 1917 and was posted to the Deccan War Hospital at Poona, India, which had 1,200 beds. There she tended the wounded soldiers brought from the battlefiends of Mesopotamia (Iraq). In March 1919, Mary then served on the hospital ship Varela before leaving the nursing corps to marry in September 1919.This item is of historical significance as an example of a graduation certificate that was issued to nurses at that time. It is a record of the service of Mary Freitag and it includes the signature of the Mother Rectress, Mary Berchmans Daly.Certificate hard bound in board covered with black leather. Gold lettering and a gold border decorate the front of the cover. The cover folds out to show printed certificate inside. Certificate inside is printed with nurse's name and signatures in black fountain pen.Nurse's name handwritten in black ink on the certificate: "Nurse Mary Freitag" Certificate is signed at the bottom: "A. E. Rowden-White, Mr" Hon. lecturer and "Mary Berchmans Daly", Mother Rectress. "6th June 1910" is written on the lower left of the certificate.nursing, world war i, graduation certificates, australian army nursing service, hospital ship varela, deccan war hospital, st vincent's hospital melbourne

An agreement was made with the Defence Department in 1914 for the latter to erect the Mont Park central block (the "Chronic Wards") for use as a Military Hospital, and for it later to revert to the State as portion of Mont Park Hospital. The buildings now known as the Chronic Wards were completed in this way in 1916 and used as the Australian General Hospital no. 16 for the duration of the war. One wing of this building was set aside for mental patients during this period. The Military Mental Hospital was built in 1919 to accommodate 84 patients who were suffering from psychiatric conditions as a result of their service in World War I. It was occupied by military patients until 1933 when they were transferred to Commonwealth facilities. The Military Mental Hospital consisted of a two storey brick Administration Building with two single-storey pavilion wards and a single-storey kitchen-dining room pavilion at the rear, connected with covered ways. The ward sections of the Military Mental Hospital have undergone considerable alteration.Lara R.S.L. received the picture miss-labelled as "The Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital - 1919 ' after some research it was relabeled as belonging to Mont Park Military Hospital "Chronic Wards" Rectangular shaped glass covered photo frame showing a photo of part of Mont Park Hospital in 1919.Mont Park Hospital 1919. Donated by Ron Ellis 9th September 1984.hospitals, world war one, lara r.s.l. heidelberg repatriation hospital, photos., mont park hospital

Only one of these badges has a date, that of 1918, but the others appear to come from the same era or from the 1920s or 1930s. These badges were issued and sold as fundraisers for the local hospital or for charities associated with the hospital. The wearing of the badge indicated support for the hospital or charity and this was also a way of publicizing the institution. These badges are of interest as examples of the badges issued to raise funds for, and awareness of, local hospitals. Two are of particular interest as they were issued in Warrnambool.This is a collection of eight badges all associated with Hospital day at Warrnambool. .1 Three are of a stick pin type, which are gold metal with dark blue section around the rim with text and a raised red cross in the centre. They have a long metal pin and the back is hollow. .2 This is the largest of the badges with an image of a patient being attended to by a nurse . A red rim with text is around the edge. .3 This is a smaller version of .2 .4 Small badge in navy blue cream and red with a cream heart in the centre with dark blue text .5Two of the badges have an image of the sun with rays radiating above a blue sea. Text is around the edge..1 Warrnambool Hospital Day .2 Hospital Day for Charity .3 Hospital Day for Charity .4 Hospital Day 1918 .5 Hospital Dayhospital day, warrnambool hospital day, hospital day warrnambool

PHOTOGRAPH OF GROUP OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN COSTUME IN HORSE DRAWN FLOAT, TAKING PART IN HOSPITAL FETE PROCESSION ABOUT 1907HOSPITAL FETE PROCESSION ABOUT 1907 A. GAFFNEY, LIL ROBERTSON, ALMA CHAMPION, CLARA BAWDEN, HEDLEY CHAMPION. BAWDEN PHOTOGRAPHER CLUNESevents and celebrations, hospital, hospital fete

The Male Hospital in Sunbury was one of the buildings that was within the grounds of the Sunbury Mental Hospital, later known as the Sunbury Asylum, that opened on 1st December 1879 on She-oak Hill ( Jacksons Hill). Patients and staff from the Ballarat Asylum were transferred there. Prior to the establishment of the Asylum, the Sunbury Industrial School occupied the site from 1865. The Sunbury Asylum, later known as Caloola, continued to operate until the 1992.The Sunbury Mental Hospital was an important institution and was the main source of employment for Sunbury residents for 120 years. It was also one of a number of similar institutions that were established around Melbourne's outer rural centres.A sepia non- digital photo in post card format of a hospital building with verandahs along a section of the front and down the side. Two nurses are standing in front. There are circular garden beds in from of the building. A message dated 23/11.09 from Gregor to Cookie has been written on the back of the card.MALE HOSPITAL/SUNBURYsunbury mental hospital, sunbury asylum, caloola, the hill

Certificate awarded to Sidney MacDowell upon graduation from the Alfred HospitalOf significance to the AHNL As an example of a nursing graduation certificateBlack gilt embossed folder containing illustration of the Alfred Hospital and a signed certificateOutside cover has traces of gilt embossing.on the front the words Nurse's Certificate and Alfred hospital'. The certiate reads: Alfred Hospital Training School for Nurses Melbourne "October,2nd" 19"45" This is to certify that "Sydney Mabel Hay Macdowell" has attended the prescribed course of Lectures of his Hospital and completed Three years of training. She has passed her Examinations "--------" and is qualified to be registered as a trained general nurse. signed by hospital president (A.Stewart) manager&secy (?) matro (M.Rowe) examiners (? & C.Dyte) and chairman Hon , med. staff (Leonard Ball) atthe side sinature of nurse " Sidney M H Macdowellnurse, certificate, alfred hospital, ahnl

Earliest photograph of The Alfred immediately prior to its first treating patients on 6 March 1871.Black and White PhotographEndorsed on back in pencil Alfred Hospital 1870the alfred, 1870, hospital

The original Tawonga District Hospital was situated at the corner of Ryder's Lane and Kiewa Valley Highway. The construction was initiated by the Hospital and Charities Commission with considerable assistance from the State Electricity Commission.The building was transported from Bonegilla where it was originally a part of the Bonegilla Military Hospital. It started with 12 beds and eventually increased to a total of 35 beds. "Add ons" provided theatre, offices, stores and Nurses Home. It was officially opened on 24th September, 1949. Up until this time, any person requiring hospitalisation had to travel to Yackandandah. This photograph is of the theatre and there was no anaesthetic or recovery rooms. While rather primitive by todays standard, it met the demands of the construction days as well as that of the Kiewa Valley community. Shows the rather spartan conditions and equipment of the theatre in the original Tawonga District Hospital compared to the present day hospital. Black and white photograph of the operating theatre in the original Tawonga District Hospitalhospital, operating theatre, tawonga

HistoricalReport is an A4 cream sheet with black and red print., folded in half. Office bearers are listed and financial, secretary's and Ladies Auxiliary reports are included. Two single sheets inside have meeting information and prices of subscriptions. Celebration is cream cardboard, folded in half with blue print and photo of the original hospital on cover. The program for the day is inside.Annual Report and statement of "Warley" Cowes Bush nursing Hospital for the year ended 31st March 1972. "Warley" Bush Nursing Hospital Diamond Jubilee celebration Sunday, December 4th ,1983hospital, warley hospital

Of Pleasant Creek Stawell Hospital. Sent back from France for safe keeping Two Doctors Matron and eight nurses on steps of Pleasant Creek Hospital Edinburgh Scotland 16.2.19 My Dearest Mother I am sending you these P.Cs to take care of them for me until come home. The Photo's you don't know I will tell you all about them when I get home. Iam having a good time here but go back to Eng. On the 22nd we may get away early in March to sail for home. With fondness love from your loving son Harry Group on steps of Pleasant Creek Nurses Mable Hyslop, Mamie Singleton, Jess Taylor, -Whitney Ann Gullan, Mag Williams, May Booth, Jennie Wren Dr Fox? Matron Simpson Dr Forshawhospital, ww1, medical, nursing

Stawell Hospital Visitors BookStawell Hospital Benevolent Asylumstawell

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.A pressed metal fundraising button released in 1919 to support the Royal Women’s and Queen Victoria Hospitals. In June 1919, The Argus reported that a ‘A well attended public meeting was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon to complete arrangements for the Button Day on June 27 in aid of the Women’s and the Queen Victoria Hospital. The Button Fund committee desires it to be known that several busy city sections are still vacant and that further offers of help in the sale of buttons will be welcomed’. It would appear that different buttons were released on the same day to support different hospitals in various urban and rural locations in Victoria."Women’s Day / Women’s Hospital 27th June 1919 [&] Queen Victoria Hospital"patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), royal womens hospital, queen victoria hospital, button fund

Of Pleasant Creek Stawell Hospital. Sent back from France for safe keeping by nurse May Booth Large group of men and women on steps of Pleasant Creek Hospital StawellSt Aubin W J Chapman Stawell France 28-12-18 Mr Edhouse Mr Geo Barnes Mr Bell Mr Irvine Mr Smith Mr Phillips Mr Munt (Brewery Owner) (Secretary) Mrs Fox Geo Mitchellhospital, ww1, medical, nursing

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.Australian fundraising button for ‘Hospital Day’ in 1919. ‘Hospital Day’ buttons may have been used to raise funds for veterans in military hospitals. The slogan is written in black on a seven pointed star bordered in red. The star sits on a dark blue ground with sprays of wattle."Hospital Day / 1919"hospital day, fundraising buttons, badges

Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital Staff 1917 & 1916 Nurses from left to right Ann Gullan, May Williams, Mayble Hyslop, Mamie Singleton, ? Whitney, Jess Taylor, May Booth, Jennie Wren. Left to Right Dr Fox, Matron Simpson, Dr Forshaw. Black and white photograph of a group on Nurses and Doctors standing on the steps of Pleasant Creek Hospital.stawell medical, hospital

Certificate awarded to Shirley Fraser (nee Black) in 1973 for her fundraising efforts for the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital.This certificate is an example of Mrs Fraser's contribution to the wider community.Coloured certificate in gilt wooden frame, under glass. Has the crest of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne."This is to certify that Mrs Shirley Margaret Fraser is an Honorary Life Governor of Royal Children's Hospital. 18th October 1973.shirley fraser, shirley black, honorary life governors, royal childrens hospital melbourne.

This photograph is part of a series taken at the Willsmere (Kew) Mental Hospital. The photographs were gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2018 by Rosemary Barnes. The photos had been in the possession of her former husband, Dr Fred Stamp, the last medical superintendent of the hospital. In 2019, the photographs were transferred to the State Archives as Permanent Government Records, as the Society is only entitled as a Class-B Place of Deposit to hold Temporary Government Records. The Society was permitted to keep and publish a digital copy of each photograph. Many of the photographs include information on the reverse about individuals or locations. Where this is the case, these have been published here as images that can be viewed in the picture carousel. Permission for third parties to reproduce this record must be granted by the Public Record Office Victoria.Photograph of the new pharmacy, created at the Willsmere Hospital in 1978.Note on envelope: NEW PHARMACY JUNE 1978. Printed address: THE MANAGER / WILLSMERE HOSPITAL / PO BOX 32 / KEW 3101willsmere mental hospital, willsmere unit, kew mental hospital, kew lunatic asylum, willsmere hospital

Awarded to staff who had successfully competed the ICU hospital based courseBadge (.1) and proof (.2) specific to Operating Theatre Staff at Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg. Silver enamel sheid-shapped badge with red ribbon top and edge with Australian Coat of Arms in centre with blue logo and word 'Heidelberg'. Brass proof of the same badge used in its manufacture.Reads: OPERATING THEATRE / HEIDELBERG / REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITALbadge, staff, education