Nurse Mary Brennan attended a course of lessons in invalid, convalescent and home cookery following her registration as a fully qualified nurse. The certificate states that Evelyn is competent. The Nurses' Registration Regulations set down in 1926 required all nurse trainees to receive instruction in invalid cookery. It is signed by the Teacher- In- Charge Mary G Kirkhope and Director Frederick W Green. The envelope containing the certificate has a postage stamp of 1 penny, the cost of regular postage at that time. mary bernard brennan, swinburne technical college hawthorn victoria., invalid convalescent and home cookery, mary g kirkhope, frederick w green, st vincent's hospital melbourne nurse training, cost of postage in victoria 1938