After completing their general nursing training many nurses went on to gain further qualifications. This certificate in opthalmic nursing was obtained by Betty Rose Bach [AH grad 1944A post graduate nursing qualification obtained by an Alfred Hospital nurseBlack print on cream background with hand written annotaions, Wording of certificate from Moorield's Westminster and Central Eye Hospital 'This is to certify that ...was received as a .... on the.....day of 19..and has completed a term of...years' training in the Wards of this Hospital both on day and night duty. During this time her work has been...and her conduct...She has passed an Examination in Opthalmic NursingBetty Rose Smith [recipent] Staff Nurse, Seventeenth, 51, One, Very Good [work] good [conduct] Certificate has been sighne by the hospital's chairman, matron, lecturer and examiner. Dated Seventeenth December 1952. Previous catalogue number handwritten on small white sticker at top right [all annotations are in black ink]opthalmic nursing, opthhalmic nursing certificate, moorfields westminster and central eye hospital, betty rose bach

This extraordinary record of the student cohort in 1908 reveals many aspects of school life in the early 1900's. The fashions, hair coiffure and accessories and added costuming are fascinating. The sport detail from the basketball hoop is significant. This photograph has social significance because of its detail regarding female school activities in the early 1900s. Black and white photograph mounted on grey card of Clarendon Ladies College student cohort in 1908. The students are arranged in five tiered rows. The photograph is taken against wall of a timber building. There is a basketball net fixed to the wall above the last row. Many of the girls are wearing fancy hats, some decorated with birds. Two young girls in the front row wear poster boards over their clothing advertising an event not to be missed; something to do with a menagerie. All the students are dressed in white, some in dresses, some n skirts and blouses and many have aprons over their skirts. The photograph is accompanied with a typed list of namesPrinted on front righthand bottom corner of mount: 'Richards & Co/Ballarat'1908, uniform, richardson, clarendon ladies college, costume, menagerie, hilda farmer, avenel halls, sylvia eyres, ella morrow, florence sides, gertie owen, laela williams, lorna dowler, emma buchanan, phyllis doepel, daisy llewellyn, adeline purser, sophie anderson, helen mathieson, d brophy, lily wright, margaret dowler, dulce deardon, gladys small, marjory howe, jessie kelsall, erica mckay, pearl eyres, iris llewellyn, edith bishop, marjorie walker, violet howard, hazel wlls, effie white, mimi murphy, carrie miners, edith murphy, irene palamountain, miss allan, marjorie salmon, dollie snow, naomi franklin, elsie powell, rachael kennedy, rose paull, sylvia barnett, esther, lilah emblling, trixie kliender, chrissie anderson, agnes wheen, kitty dawbarn, hazel clements, m serjeant, dolly gill, beryl bach, dorothy nicholas, frances gill, meg moore, jessie eyres, blanche murphy, merle booth, melba mcconnel, edna clark, betty lester, bessie hoad, madge dearden, kate cameron, olive mathews, grace nicholas, mollie souter, isabel mctaggart, madge llewellyn, mollie mary buley, alice ralph, ruth tyler, rebecca abraham, joyce eyres, nellie salmon