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Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Certificate, Nurses Board Melbourne, Nurses Board: Examination Certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke, 10/12/1942
... Nurses Board: Examination Certificate for Marjorie Jean...nurses board melbourne... by Nurses Board Melbourne, the course covered anatomy and physiology...Nurses Board Melbourne... by Nurses Board Melbourne, the course covered anatomy and physiology ...Examination certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke issued by Nurses Board Melbourne, the course covered anatomy and physiology, hygiene and junior general nursing.Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Certificate typed on cream card.Signed by registrar.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, nurses board melbourne -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Certificate - Nurses Registration Act Victoria General Nurse registration awarded to Agnes McLean, Nurses' Board of Victoria, 30 November 1928
... Nurses' Board of Victoria...Printed Nurses' Board Registration Certificate....Nurses' Board of Victoria...' Board of Victoria Printed Nurses' Board Registration Certificate ...Agnes McLean is a registered nurse number 3888 under the Nurses Registration Act of Victoria 1928.agnes mclean, nurses' board of victoria -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Certificate, Nurses Board Melbourne, Special Certificate in Infant Welfare for Marjorie Jean Burke, 06/02/1951
... , issued by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts Victoria...Signed by Registrar Nurses Board (Victoria)...Nurses Board Melbourne..., issued by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts Victoria Miss ...Certificate of Infant Welfare for Marjorie Jean Burke, issued by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts VictoriaMiss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Certificate typed on cream paper.Signed by Registrar Nurses Board (Victoria)marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, mothercraft nursing, infant welfare -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - 1949 Letter from the Nurses Board re the training of nurses
... 1949 Letter from the Nurses Board re the training of...Nurses Board...One-page letter from the Nurses Board to H.N.Acklom, dates... and Charities Commission H.N.Acklom Nurses Board One-page letter from ...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.One-page letter from the Nurses Board to H.N.Acklom, dates July 25th, 1949, the Secretary of the Hospital and Charities Commission, re the training of nurses at the Ballarat and Bendigo Base Hospitals.nursing, nurse training, post-war nursing, hospitals and charities commission, h.n.acklom, nurses board -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Certificate, Nurses Board Melbourne, Midwives Certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke, 24/04/1947
... nurses board melbourne... by Nurses Board Melbourne, under the Midwives Act 1928....Nurses Board Melbourne... by Nurses Board Melbourne, under the Midwives Act 1928. Miss Burke ...Midwives certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke issued by Nurses Board Melbourne, under the Midwives Act 1928.Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Certificate typed on cream card.Signed by registrar.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, nurses board melbourne -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Certificate, Nurses Board Melbourne, General Nurse Certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke, 13/07/1945
... nurses board melbourne... by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts Victoria, 1928 and 1931. ...Nurses Board Melbourne... by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts Victoria, 1928 and 1931. Miss ...General Nurse certificate for Marjorie Jean Burke issued by the Nurses Board under the Nurses Acts Victoria, 1928 and 1931. Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Certificate typed on cream card.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, nurses board melbourne -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History Collection
Book - Illustrated book, Katherine Sheedy, The act of nursing: A history of nursing regulation in Victoria, 2012
... Commissioned by the Nurse Board of Victoria in 2010... images of various Victorian Nurses board Badges on a white...Nurses Board of Victoria Legacy Limited...Commissioned by the Nurse Board of Victoria in 2010 ...This book documents an important part of the story of nursing and midwifery in Victoria. the role of registration, training accreditation and monitoring of nurses and midwives has been fulfilled by three bodies in Victoria: the Nurses Board (1923-1957), the Victorian Nursing Council (1957-1994) and the Nurses Board of Victoria (1994-2010).Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has abbreviated title and authors surname printed on spine in white ink on pale blue background. This pale blue binding extends for 55mm on front and back covers. The remainder of the covers have repeated images of various Victorian Nurses board Badges on a white background. Dust jacket has similar images on pale blue background on spine and extending 55mm on front and back, remainder of back is pale blue. On the front is an image of one person (torso only) holding another's wrist and holding a watch in their other hand and part of a stethoscope is also visible. Title and author's name are printed on front and spine. There is a 9mm wide attached gold satin ribbon bookmark.non-fictionThis book documents an important part of the story of nursing and midwifery in Victoria. the role of registration, training accreditation and monitoring of nurses and midwives has been fulfilled by three bodies in Victoria: the Nurses Board (1923-1957), the Victorian Nursing Council (1957-1994) and the Nurses Board of Victoria (1994-2010).nursing-history, nursing-law and legislation-victoria-history -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History Collection
Book - Illustrated Book, Katherine Sheedy, The act of nursing: a history of nursing regulation in Victoria, 2011
... Commissioned by the Nurse Board of Victoria in 2010... images of various Victorian Nurses board Badges on a white...Nurses Board of Victoria Legacy Limited...Commissioned by the Nurse Board of Victoria in 2010 ...This book documents an important part of the story of nursing and midwifery in Victoria. the role of registration, training accreditation and monitoring of nurses and midwives has been fulfilled by three bodies in Victoria: the Nurses Board (1923-1957), the Victorian Nursing Council (1957-1994) and the Nurses Board of Victoria (1994-2010).Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has abbreviated title and authors surname printed on spine in white ink on pale blue background. This pale blue binding extends for 55mm on front and back covers. The remainder of the covers have repeated images of various Victorian Nurses board Badges on a white background . Dust jacket has similar images on pale blue background on spine and extending 55mm on front and back, remainder of back is pale blue. On the front is an image of one person (torso only) holding another's wrist and holding a watch in their other hand and part of a stethoscope is also visible. Title and author's name are printed on front and spine. There is a 9mm wide attached gold satin ribbon bookmark.non-fictionThis book documents an important part of the story of nursing and midwifery in Victoria. the role of registration, training accreditation and monitoring of nurses and midwives has been fulfilled by three bodies in Victoria: the Nurses Board (1923-1957), the Victorian Nursing Council (1957-1994) and the Nurses Board of Victoria (1994-2010).nursing-history, nursing-law and legislation-victoria-history, nursing trainng -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Wanda Archibald, Midwifery, Letters from Nurses Board & Professional Services Office, August 1954
... Wanda Archibald, Midwifery, Letters from Nurses Board...Wanda, Archibald, Midwifery, Letters, Nurses Board..., Letters, Nurses Board, Professional, Services, Office, 1954 ...Photocopieswanda, archibald, midwifery, letters, nurses board, professional, services, office, 1954, chapman -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Certificate - The Midwives Acts Certificate of Registration awarded to Agnes McLean by Nurses Board Victoria, 25 October 1929
... Agnes McLean by Nurses Board Victoria, 25 October 1929...Nurses Board of Victoria...Agnes McLean Nurses Board of Victoria Certificate ...agnes mclean, nurses board of victoria -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Minutes of Conference convened by Nurses Board of Victoria, Hospital and Charities Commission, NDSN and associated hospitals 15th February 1957, 1957
... Minutes of Conference convened by Nurses Board of Victoria... convened by Nurses' Board of Victoria, Hospital and Charities... by Nurses' Board of Victoria, Hospital and Charities Commission ...The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 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.There are eight typed copy pages of Minutes of Conference convened by Nurses' Board of Victoria, Hospital and Charities Commission, NDSN and associated hospitals 15th February 1957. Chairman of the Nurses Board gave an overview of the setup and continuation of the NDSN. Discussion ensued on the necessary movement of students between hospitals and the benefits and problems.In ink on page 7 a phrase is added and an inked line is against the statement of Mr McClelland of Echuca.nurse education, ndsn hospitals -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Nurses Board Medical Exam, July 1955
... Nurses Board Medical Exam, July 1955...Nurses Board Medical Exam, July 1955... Street Nth Ballarat goldfields Nurses Board Medical Exam, July ...Nurses Board Medical Exam, July 1955Nurses Board Medical Exam, July 1955Typed document, 1 pagenurses, examination, exam, 1955, medical -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Signed typewritten letter from Midge Cornish (Weston) with memories of training and including a Prospectus for the NDSN and a completed Nurses Board Procedure Book for a Student Nurse. Also included typewritten 'International Code of Nursing Ethics" and two humorous articles on a kissing recipe and a supposed nurse's wedding
... completed Nurses Board Procedure Book for a Student Nurse. Also... for the Northern District School of Nursing and a Nurses Board Procedure... Board Procedure Book for Student Nurse, the latter with signed ...Northern District School of NursingLetter from Midge Cornish (Weston) on her experiences as a trainee NDSN School 35/36, including two booklets: a Prospectus for the Northern District School of Nursing and a Nurses Board Procedure Book for Student Nurse, the latter with signed tasks completed. Two other amusing articles, a 'Kissing Recipe' and a 'Grand Hospital Wedding" using clinical and scientific terms were included. A typewritten copy of 'International Code of Nursing Ethics' also included.nursing, nursing procedures, prospectus -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW1 Honour Board
... Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW1 Honour Board...Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW1 Honour Board... Honour Board WW1 honour nurses Ballarat board Wooden Ballarat ...Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW1 Honour BoardWoodenww1, honour, nurses, ballarat, board -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Medical & Surgical Examinations, Nurses Board Victoria, June 1956
... Medical & Surgical Examinations, Nurses Board Victoria... Examinations, Nurses Board Victoria, June 1956 ...Hard Copiesmedical, surgical, examination, exam, board, victoria, 1956 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Course results, George Taylor and Staff, George Taylor and Staff: results for Miss M. J. Burke, 12/06/1942
... Taylor and Staff and stamped by the Registrar of the Nurses Board...Stamped by Registrar of the Nurses Board.... Taylor and Staff and stamped by the Registrar of the Nurses Board ...Course results for Marjorie Jean Burke issued by George Taylor and Staff and stamped by the Registrar of the Nurses Board. This course included revision in English and Arithmetic.Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Course results typed on cream paperStamped by Registrar of the Nurses Board.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, george taylor and staff -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Certificate, Nurses' Registration Board, Certificate of Registration as a Child Welfare Nurse for Marjorie Jean Burke, 14/12/1948
... Registration Board under the Nurses' Registration Act 1927 (Tasmania)....Nurses' Registration Board... Registration Board under the Nurses' Registration Act 1927 (Tasmania ...Certificate of Registration as a Child Welfare Nurse for Marjorie Jean Burke. This certificate issued by the Nurses Registration Board under the Nurses' Registration Act 1927 (Tasmania).Miss Burke was a nurse, midwife and infant welfare sister. This collection covers her many qualifications throughout Australia and Great Britain, including references both professional and personal. When Miss Burke returned to Australia, she was employed at Diamond Valley Community Hospital as a nurse in 1953 and as Deputy Matron 1954-1971.Certificate typed on cream paper.Signed by authorities.marjorie jean burke, nurses, diamond valley community hospital, mothercraft nursing, infant welfare -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses, WW1 Honour Board
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Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses, WW11 Honour Board
... Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses, WW11 Honour Board...Ballarat, Base, Hospital, Nurses, WW11, Honour Board... Nurses, WW11 Honour Board ...Wooden Honour Boardballarat, base, hospital, nurses, ww11, honour board -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Hospitals and Health Conference Report, 1952
... of Conference between representatives of the Nurses’ Board, Hospitals...’ and in pencil added to those present, ‘H Ferguson - Nurses Board’.... - Nurses Board’. This is a two page stapled carbon copy ...The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 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.This is a two page stapled carbon copy of the Report of Conference between representatives of the Nurses’ Board, Hospitals and Charities Commission, Department of Health, and the School Executive Committee held 10th July 1952 at Lister House. General discussion covered the status of small hospitals as trainee capable, the ability of school staff to train students in various hospitals and the selection of students for training with official advice to be awaited from the Nurses’ Board.Added in pencil to date of conference ‘July 1952’ and in pencil added to those present, ‘H Ferguson - Nurses Board’.nurse education, trainee selection -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - 1949 Report of a Conference to establish a School of Nursing
... Nurses Board... and the Nurses Board.... and Charities Commission Nurses Board This 34- page document outlines ...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.This 34- page document outlines resolutions passed at a conference of the Hospital and Charities Commission in 1949. In addition it provides detailed minutes of meetings held in August and October 1949 in Melbourne by members of the Commission and the Nurses Board.nursing, nurse training, post-war nursing, hospitals and charities commission, nurses board -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW11 Honour Board
... Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW11 Honour Board...Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW11 Honour Board... Honour Board WW11 board honour nurses Ballarat Wooden Ballarat ...Ballarat Base Hospital Nurses WW11 Honour BoardWoodenww11, board, honour, nurses, ballarat -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Ballarat Trained World War One Nurses Honour Board from the Ballarat Base Hospital, 2017, 2017
... Ballarat Trained World War One Nurses Honour Board from the.... Ballarat Trained World War One Nurses Honour Board from ...Timber Honour Board on display at the Ballarat Base Hospital. nurses, world war one, ballarat base hospital, quarterman, m. anderson, j. borwick, g. bennett, l. cannon, t. dunn, r. douglas, e. davidson, d. furness, l. howarth, r. just, a. brown, s. bell, m. bolton, m. butler, a. brawn, e. keane, g. larkan, r. medwell, m. morrow, m. matthews, g. munro, l. mckenzie, e. popplewell, r. pratt, d. llewellyn, l. mcdonald, e. mcleod, l. rogers, a. roberts, s. semmens, a. serjeant, m. slater, b. thompson, f. vines, v. woinarski, l. whidburn, p. wardell, b. williams, l. mcgregor, s. morris, l. poultney, i. peady, b. peady, j. reeves, r. tyers, j. thomas, a.m. westcott, b. wallace -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - colour, Ballarat Trained World War Two Nurses Honour Board from the Ballarat Base Hospital, 2017, 2017
... Ballarat Trained World War Two Nurses Honour Board from the.... Ballarat Trained World War Two Nurses Honour Board from ...Timber Honour Board on display at the Ballarat Base Hospital. nurses, ballarat base hospital, k. blainey, j. booth, a. buckley, a. burns, e. cuthbertson, j. douglas, j. eddy, j. hinds, m. humphries - made the supreme sacrifice, m. larkins, m. lawson, s. leonard, f. lewis, s. long, j. meiklejohn, m. methven, j. mcfarlane, jessie macphee, m. moloney, h. murnane, k. murnane, c. pearlman, l. renkin, b. rousch, m. sculley m.i.d., m. stretch, a. tallant, p. taylor, b. woodbridge, matron a. brown, world war two -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Certificate - Nurses Acts Victoria Certificate for Dorothy May Stubbs
... Nurses' Board of Victoria... and Registrar of the Nurses Board, but the names are not identifiable... and Registrar of the Nurses Board, but the names are not identifiable ...Dorothy May Stubbs is registered as a Victorian General Nurse, No 16746. The certificate is signed by Chairman and Registrar of the Nurses Board, but the names are not identifiable. It also has the signature of Nurse Stubbs. There is an accompanying receipt of two shillings and sixpence.nurses acts victoria, nurses' board of victoria, nurse training -
Bendigo Military Museum
Honour Board - BENDIGO BASE HOSPITAL NURSES HONOUR BOARD WW1, WW2, post WW2
... BENDIGO BASE HOSPITAL NURSES HONOUR BOARD WW1, WW2.... Honour Board BENDIGO BASE HOSPITAL NURSES HONOUR BOARD WW1, WW2 ...Bendigo Base Hospital Honor roll WW1 & 2, marble with angle iron frame, wood backing, glass front. The nurses served in the 3 services, Army, Navy, Air Force and Queen Alexandria's Imperial Nursing Service."Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honor"memorials-honour boards, military history-service records, bendigo nurses, -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Letter to Hospitals from Education Committee, 1952
... added ‘Nurses Board 1958’.... 1951’ and in pencil added ‘Nurses Board 1958’. Three page ...The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 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.Three page typewritten Letter to Hospitals following meeting of Education Committee 23/10/51approves the Northern District School of Nursing as a registered training authority, lists the associated hospitals, details enrolment, examination, recruitment and selection of students. Added in pencil at top of page 1, ‘Oct 1951’ and in pencil added ‘Nurses Board 1958’.nurse education, trainee selection -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Re: Establishment of Nurse Training Schools in country Victoria
... correspondence between the secretary of the Nurses Board in Melbourne... correspondence between the secretary of the Nurses Board in Melbourne ...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.Photocopies of a series of typed letters being correspondence between the secretary of the Nurses Board in Melbourne to the Secretary of the Hospitals and Charities Commission in Melbourne, regarding the establishment of training schools in country Victoria. The letters are dated between September 30, 1949 and 14th October, 1949.nursing, nurse training, post-war nursing, hospitals and charities commission, the bendigo and northern district hospital base hospital, h.n.acklom -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Nurses Pay Slip, 1963, Ballarat Base Hospital
... , student nurses association fee, HBA & tax pay board nurses 1963 ...Nurses Pay Slip, 1963, Ballarat Base HospitalNurses Pay Slip, 1963, Ballarat Base Hospital, includes 40 hours pay, 4 weeks annual leave, with expenses of board, student nurses association fee, HBA & taxPhotocopypay, board, nurses, 1963, ballarat -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Letter regarding Central Preliminary Training Schools 1947
... to the registrar of the Nurses' Board in Melbourne on the 4th December 1947... letter sent to the registrar of the Nurses' Board in Melbourne ...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