Illustrated hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has a maroon cover with abbreviated title, authors names and illustration of a nurse in gold print on spine. Dust jacket is pink with white panels at top and bottom. Title is printed in maroon and black ink on front top panel, and authors names printed in blue ink on bottom front panel. Four portrait sketches of various nurses in small white ovals appear on the pink area of both front and back covers. Abbreviated title and authors names are printed in black ink on spine, along with coloured illustration of nurse.non-fictionCommencing with the rudimentary nursing arrangements of the mid 19th century Victoria, this book examines the gradual introduction of new concepts of nursing the sick and revolutionary approaches to the organisation of the nascent profession.royal australian nursing federation-victorian branch-history, nursing education-victoria-history, nurses-victoria-history

Illustrated hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has a maroon cover with abbreviated title, authors names and illustration of a nurse in gold print on spine. Dust jacket is pink with white panels at top and bottom. Title is printed in maroon and black ink on front top panel, and authors names printed in blue ink on bottom front panel. Four portrait sketches of various nurses in small white ovals appear on the pink area of both front and back covers. Abbreviated title and authors names are printed in black ink on spine, along with coloured illustration of nurse.non-fictionCommencing with the rudimentary nursing arrangements of the mid 19th century Victoria, this book examines the gradual introduction of new concepts of nursing the sick and revolutionary approaches to the organisation of the nascent profession.royal australian nursing federation-victorian branch-history, nursing education-victoria-history, nurses-victoria-history

Illustrated hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has a maroon cover with abbreviated title, authors names and illustration of a nurse in gold print on spine. Dust jacket is pink with white panels at top and bottom. Title is printed in maroon and black ink on front top panel, and authors names printed in blue ink on bottom front panel. Four portrait sketches of various nurses in small white ovals appear on the pink area of both front and back covers. Abbreviated title and authors names are printed in black ink on spine, along with coloured illustration of nurse.non-fictionThe history of nursing and the Victorian Trained Nurses Association in Victoria from the mid 19th century until 1934. The book explores the history of nurse training, registration and examination, as well as the effects on nursing throughout the First World War and the Great Depression. nurses in warfare, victoria, nurses, history of nursing, trained nurses association

Information provided to student nurses at the Alfred Hospital in the 1960's, providing information about various Australian nursing organizations and their historInsight into nursing organizations in Australia in the 1960'sBlack print on off-white paper. Holes at top left where staples have been removedroyal australian nursing federation, royal victorian college of nursing, the victorian nursing council, the college of nursing australia, national florence nightingale committee of australia, national nursing education division, florence nightingale centenary fund, the centaur war nurses memorial trust, the nurses' memorial centre, the clive steele memorial library

The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in 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. The book "The First of its Kind" was published in 2015. Printed in Bendigo by "Bendigo Modern Press". Memories compiled by Peter Rosewall; who attended the last NDSN school PTS 108 between 1986 - 89.A copy of a copy of a 4-page typed letter sent to the registrar of the Nurses' Board in Melbourne on the 4th December 1947. The document concerns the structure and the setting up of a number of Central Preliminary Training Schools for Nurses in country Victoria. The letter was written by A.M.Sage, the chairman of the Florence Nightingale Committee of Australia, Victorian Branch.nursing, nurse training, post-war nursing, central preliminary training schools, florence nightingale international foundation, nurses'board, a.m.sage

Copy of the certificate Diplôme de la Médaille Florence Nightingale (Florence Nightingale Medal Diploma) given to Edith Cornwell with her medal in Geneva in 1933. Already a recipient of the Royal Red Cross 2nd class and 1st class, this medal is the highest international distinction a nurse can receive. It is given by the International Committee of the Red Cross.A large board mounted copy of a certificate that has black print artwork of a woman holding a man on her lap in a landscape that has broken wood, ground and a half sunken ship present. The middle of the certificate has a red cross in a white circle and the top half has text bordered with thorns and foliage.wwi, ww1, world war one, australian army nursing service, aans, edith cornwell, florence nightingale medal, royal red cross