After a hard childhood, Nell Spence trained as a nurse at the Melbourne Hospital (later Royal Melbourne Hospital), nursed at other hospitals and for family members. Contents Newspaper article: "A lifetime of loyal service", Diaond Valley News, 14 November 1989. Nell Spence was about to celebrate her 100th birthday. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcnell spence, old colonists' homes eltham, archie spence, royal melbourne hospital, epworth hospital