Article on Prime Minister Paul Keating welcoming over 1000 World War Two veterans to Parliament House for a day of celebration and remembrance. Included in this number were former Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) Jean Ayres and Mary CantyA large newspaper clipping of two stories with a large and a small black and white photo. The large photo shows a crowd of older women marching towards Parliament, with the smaller photo showing two older women sitting on an outside bench together.world war two, wwii, ww2, jean ayres, mary canty

The nursing seminar was held as part of the Alfred Hospitals Centenary Celebrations in 1971.This paper given by Nancy Sewell, the 12th matron of the Alfred Hospital, provides information about her predecessors, their roles , responsibitlities and changes that occured at the Alfred hospital during theur tebnureInsight into the first 12 Matrons/lady Supeintendants/Directors of nursing of the Alfred hospitalUnbound document, cream paper printed on one side onlyPrevious catalogue number handwritten [black ink] at top right of first page. Rust marks and holes at top left of all pages where a staple has been removedalfred hospital, alfred hospital matrons, haldane turriff, henrietta trengold strong, martha farquharson, julia ayres, laura pratt, louisa mann, jessie murdoch evans, grace wilson, myrtle rowe, lydia shaw, jean hanna