Illustrated book with gold coloured cover with title and authors name on front and spine. Also on front cover is image of Grace Collins (1891-92) on the right with two fellow nurses. On the back cover is the RCH trained nurses' badge (red Maltese cross on gold background inside a white circle) with the motto ' Infirmis Opitulare' (to care for the sick and infirm).non-fictionThe book is a tribute to the nursing service of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. From the time of the hospital's opening in 1870, the first nurse training school in 1889, and the transition to tertiary education, up to time of publication in 2006.royal children's hospital (melbourne), paediatric nursing-victoria-history, nursing-victoria-history

Book has black and white photo of "Cav and Pag" in a rooftop performance, Melbourne Hospital, Lonsdale Street 1928 on front cover. On the back cover is a black and white photo "fresh air for all"-patients on the balconies of the Lonsdale Street hospital in1916. These photos have white borders. Also on front cover is the hospital crest prior to 1935. There is 46mm wide maroon coloured band between two narrow gilt stripes near bottom of cover. On this band, title is printed in white and gilt in, on front cover, on back cover synopsis of book is printed in white ink. Title is also printed in gilt ink on white coloured spine. Approximately 100 photos from RMH Archives within.non-fictionThe story of nursing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as told in pictures. Comprising of 100 annotated photographs from the RMH Archives, the images give a rare glimpse of the places and people that marked the learning experience and lives of thousands of young nurses who graduated from the RMH nursing school.royal melbourne hospital-nursing-history, royal melbourne hospital-history, nurses-victoria-history, hospitals - victoria - history

Illustrated book. Front cover, within a light grey border, has part of title and authors names printed in white on a green background, also on this background are illustrations of nurses' caps in graduating colour shades of green to white. Between the title and authors names is a light pink square offset on a larger dark pink rectangle. On this square the rest of the title is printed in black ink. Abbreviated title, authors and publishers name are printed in black ink on a grey background. On the back cover are printed a synopsis of the book, authors details and publishers name on a grey rectangular background, with a green border.non-fictionThis book is about nurses and nursing in Victoria from the 1930s until the 1980's. It traces the difficult steps that the nursing profession has made towards forging its identity within medicine, improving wages and conditions and the transferring of nurse education into the tertiary sector. The book culminates with the nurses' strike of 1986.nurses - victoria-history, nursing-victoria-history, royal victorian college of nursing, royal australian nursing federation-victorian branch-history

Illustrated book with mauve cover. Title and author's name printed in white on front cover, also on front cover is a black and white photograph of "Kingsfold" 376 Toorak Rd South Yarra. Back cover has summary of book in black print.non-fictionA history of the Melbourne School for Enrolled Nurses (formerly the Melbourne Nursing Aide School) from its opening in 1950 until its closure in 1992.melbourne school for enrolled nurses-history, nursing schools-victoria-history, nursing-study and teaching-victoria-history

ill. p.104.non-fictionHistoric photographs of the Victorian Railways from the 1950s to 1983.railroads -- australia -- victoria -- history., railroads -- victoria -- history.

index, ill, p.184.non-fiction A short history of the Victorian Railwaysrailroads - victoria - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

Illustrated book with blue cover. Title (white and black ink) and author's name are printed on the front cover along with a black and white photograph of a woman wearing glasses in a trained nurse's uniform with veil (Jean Headberry [ca.1950]) On the back cover the words 'A life of Service' are printed in white along with six black and white photographs of aspects of Jean Headberry's lifenon-fictionBiography of Jean Evelyn Headberry, Alfred Hospital nursing graduate, army nurse, and later Dean of the Melbourne School of Nursingjean evelyn headberry 1911-1993, melbourne school of nursing-history, nurses-victoria-biography, nurses-in-service training-victoria-history, nursing -education-victoria-history

Illustrated book with white front cover that has four coloured illustrations of women in various activities. Title and authors' names are printed in red ink, along with a book description in black ink on the front cover along with publisher's logo and four red lines. Abbreviated title, underlined, in white ink, and authors names in black ink are printed on an orange background on the spine along with the publisher's logo. The back cover has a summary of the book printed in orange, along with another three illustrations of women, publisher's logo and 'Victoria 150 ' logo on a yellow backgroundnon-fictionThis book explores the experiences of women in Victoria over 150 years, highlighting their diverse roles in public and private life. It features more than fifty women, from convicts to nuns, actresses to soldiers, settlers to writers, and housewives to political activists, showcasing their social and personal diversity. The book emphasizes the home's importance, alongside the marketplace, and examines the significance of both reproduction and production. It provides a new perspective on Australian history, focusing on women's place, relationships between public and private life, paid and unpaid work, and the intersection of politics and gender. women-victoria-history-19th century, women-victoria-history=20th century, women-victoria-social conditions

p.26.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of selecting localities for the permanent survey of narrow gauge lines in Victoria in 1896.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.9.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of re-opening the Fawkner and Somerton Railway in Victoria in 1918.railroad construction - victoria - history, fawkner and somerton railway - victoria - history

p.13.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the Colac-Crowes Non-Paying railway line in Victoria in 1931.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.12.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of a connecting railway in the Upper Acheron Valley district in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.48.non-fictionA directory of stations on the Victorian Railways.railway stations - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.54.non-fictionA history of the Mentone railway station in Melbourne from 1881 to 2012.railway stations - victoria - history, mentone railway station - victoria - history

p.8.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on re-opening the Outer Circle Railway in Victoria in 1918.railroad construction - victoria - history, outer circle railway - victoria - history

index, ill, p.154.non-fictionAn illustrative history of the R class 4-6-4 passenger locomotives in service on the Victorian Government Railways Australia from 1954 to 1974.steam locomotives - victoria- history, r class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.44.non-fictionA history of the K & J class 2-8-0 steam locomotives on the Victorian Railways.k class locomotives - victoria - history, j class locomotives - victoria - history

ill, p.23.non-fictionA history of N class 2-8-2 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railways.steam locomotives - victoria- history, n class steam locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.23.non-fictionA history of R707 4-6-4 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railways from introduction to preservation in the ARHS railway museum.steam locomotives - victoria- history, r class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.43.non-fictionA history of the R class 4-6-4 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railways.steam locomotives - victoria- history, r class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.20.non-fictionA history of the S class 4-6-2 & H class 4-8-4 3-cylinder steam locomotives on the Victorian Railways.s class locomotive - victoria - history, h class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.34.non-fictionA history of the J class 2-8-0 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railways.j class locomotives - victoria - history, steam locomotives - victoria- history

Ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA photographic profile of the G class 2-6-0 0-6-2 2'6" narrow gauge Garratt steam locomotive of the Victorian Railways and its time working in the Otways from 1958 to 1962.steam locomotives - victoria- history, puffing billy - victoria - history

Ill, maps, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of the G class 2-6-0 0-6-2 2'6" narrow gauge Garratt steam locomotive of the Victorian Railways and its time working in the Otways from 1954 to 1968.steam locomotives - victoria- history, puffing billy - victoria - history

Ill, p.48non-fictionA photographic profile of the NA 2-6-2 2'6" narrow gauge tank engines of the Victorian Railways in the early 1950s.steam locomotives - victoria- history, puffing billy - victoria - history

ill, p.56.non-fictionA photographic history of the A2 class 4-6-0 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railwayssteam locomotives - victoria- history, a2 class locomotive - victoria - history

Ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of the C class 'Consolidation' 2-8-0 heavy goods steam locomotive of the Victorian Railways.steam locomotives - victoria- history, c class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.32.non-fictionA history of the C class 2-8-0 & X class 2-8-2 steam locomotives on the Victorian Railways.c class locomotive - victoria - history, x class locomotive - victoria - history

ill, p.76.non-fictionA description of the preserved steam locomotives in Victoria (possibly in 1982).preserved locomotives - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - history

ill, p.12.non-fictionA history of R704 4-6-4 steam locomotive on the Victorian Railways from introduction to preservation in the ARHS railway museum.steam locomotives - victoria- history, r class locomotive - victoria - history