A4 size book with spiral binding and on cover 'Antenatal / English as a second / language program for / Pregnancy & Childbirth / Written and published by / Mercy Hospital for Women and / Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE / illustrations by Laura Boselli / and Mirella Trevisan. manuals, nmit

[26] p., cxxxi leaves, [2] l. of plates : ill ; 20 cm.non-fictionobstetrics, early works to 1800

Charles Fahey taught history at La Trobe University until his retirement in 2018. He has written on the history of Victorian gold mining, Victorian agriculture and working in Melbourne. This document provides a demographic analysis of Bendigo, a Victorian provincial city, during the late nineteenth century. Historical demographers have studied broad Australian population trends, but local studies like this one have been limited by inadequate records. Recent access to detailed manuscript birth, death, and marriage records allows for a more granular local demographic analysis. The study combines these records with published statistics and traditional sources (e.g., diaries). The paper examines the origins and occupations of Bendigo's late nineteenth-century immigrants.It analyzes population fluctuations and migration patterns, especially out-migration during economic downturns. Marriage patterns, birth and death rates, illegitimacy rates, bridal pregnancies, and de facto relationships are also explored.Population Bendigo experienced significant population growth from 28,577 in 1871 to 35,584 in 1881, driven by a mining boom and economic prosperity. The late 1880s saw a decline in mining yields, leading to economic depression, unemployment, and a population decrease to 34,089 by 1891 as residents left the city. The city's development and demographic changes are closely tied to the fortunes of its mining industry, reflecting broader patterns of boom and bust in Australian provincial towns during this era. These points collectively illustrate how economic cycles and migration shaped Bendigo's demographic landscape in the late nineteenth century.Fortuna - Bendigo 1881-1901 - A Demographic Portrait of A Victorian Provincial Town - extract from a book by Charles Fahey This item contains the following: 11217.55a Pages 88 to 107 of his book - Contact BHS for detailsnon-fictionbendigo, fortuna, george lansell, charles fahey

The Northern District School of Nursing in Victoria, Australia Graduates Association: History of the School Managed by a committee including hospital administrators, medical professionals, and nursing leaders from several regional hospitals. Associated with major hospitals in the Northern District, including Bendigo Base, Mildura Base, Castlemaine, Echuca, Swan Hill, St. Arnaud, and Kyneton District Hospitals. Provide high-quality theoretical and practical nursing training. Raise the standard of nursing education in the region. Maintain the highest principles of nursing practice. Applicants must be at least 17 years old and hold a Proficiency Certificate or higher educational qualification. Application involves submitting forms, certificates, an interview, an aptitude test, and a medical examination. A three-month probationary period follows initial acceptance. Preliminary Training School: Four-week introductory course covering basic nursing, anatomy, hygiene, and practical skills. Practical experience in various hospital departments, guided by senior staff. Study Block Plan: Includes several blocks of theoretical and practical instruction throughout the three-year program. Regular school exams and two state exams (First Professional and Final State) are required for progression and graduation. Nurses work a 40-hour week with at least one or two days off per week and three weeks of annual leave. Accommodation is provided in comfortable hostels with good facilities. Uniforms are supplied free; nurses provide their own shoes and stockings. Salaries and allowances are regulated, with deductions for board and free medical care. Additional Information Post-Graduate Opportunities. Senior positions require further experience and additional certificates (e.g., Midwifery, Infant Welfare).Diploma courses available in administration, teaching, and specialized nursing fields. Bursaries are available for advanced study.Career Prospects: Graduates can pursue roles in administration, teaching, ward and departmental leadership, district and visiting nursing, industrial and school nursing, and more. Opportunities existed both within hospitals and in community or specialized settings.FAQs and Practical Details. Minimal training costs (mainly exam fees and personal items).Living out allowances and travel expenses are covered. Four training intakes per year; waiting periods are short if qualifications are met.Northern District School of Nursing Graduates Association - Combistik Urine Test strips - instruction booklet - 4 pages by the Ames Compant 65 Queens Road Melbourne This item contains the following document: 3792.11a Northern District School of Nursing Graduates Association - Combistik Urine Test strips - coloured instruction booklet Here are the key points from the document on Combistix urine test strips: Clinical Importance of UrinalysisUrinalysis is often underestimated but provides valuable diagnostic information.Simple to perform, yet highly informative for detecting urinary and metabolic conditions.Combistix is a combination test strip that rapidly screens for glucose, protein, and pH in urine. The test requires only one dip and 10 seconds to deliver three results, with no need for urine pre-treatment. Suitable for routine hospital urinalysis and large-scale screening, even by non-specialists due to its simplicity. Helps optimize laboratory workflow by allowing ancillary staff to perform basic tests, freeing technologists for more complex tasks. Useful for diagnosing and managing urinary tract infections, metabolic conditions, and monitoring therapy (e.g., sulphonamide therapy, chemotherapy for genito-urinary infections). Glucose: Essential for diabetes screening and management; Combistix is specific for glucose and does not react to lactose, making it reliable during pregnancy. Proteinuria is a key indicator of renal abnormalities, vascular disease, or pre-eclampsia. Its absence is reassuring. The test is sensitive and can be performed accurately by inexperienced users. The strip has three color-coded, reagent-impregnated areas separated by barriers for clear results.Simple procedure: dip, wait 10 seconds, and compare colors to a chart. Packaged in air-tight bottles of 100 strips, available through standard medical supply channels. Combistix offers a fast, reliable, and easy-to-use method for routine urine screening, supporting both clinical diagnosis and efficient laboratory operations.nurse training, lister house, ames company, combistix

A series of ephemera including information leaflets, advertising, and pharmacopoeia collated by Museum Curator at RANZCOG. There are 28 items. - Item 1: Annotated diagram with comical reference to human anatomy - Item 2: Newspaper article from 26 August 1990 regarding St George's Hospital birthing centre - Item 3: Advertising poster for Livingstone Conductive Gel - Item 4: Victorian Folate Campaign 1999 Public Health Information Leaflet - Item 5: Advertisement for Cervagem removed from a publication - Item 6: IUD Multiload CU250 range medical advertising removed from a publication - Item 7: Fetal Cardio-phonograph Toitu product literature - Item 8: Estraderm and how to use it pharmacopoeia - Item 9: Copy of letter sent in 1980 regarding a donation to the RANZCOG Museum of a 1930's enamel douching instrument - Item 10: Museum display labels on Arthur Wilson / A.M Wilson - Item 11: The IUD Intrauterine Device Public Health Information Leaflet - Item 12: Obstetric Record Patient record [2 x] - Item 13: Planosec Dry Pregnancy Test Medical Advertising - Item 14: A Guide to using Ortho Diaphragms and Spermicides Pharmacopoeia [2 x ] - Item 15: Maison Luer Gynaecological and Obstetric instrument catalogue from 1930,Paris - Item 16: Medicine Recent Acquisitions Rare book brochure with drawing of a pregnant woman on the front cover - Item 17: Feeding Bottle Museum object display material - Item 18: Letter sent from Mr P.W Mitchell, 31/08/1961 regarding Moller Colposcope instruments - Item 19: Sugiview Single Use Laparoscope Advertising - Item 20: Multiload CU375 IUD Advertising - Item 21: Soneryl Drug Advertising - Item 22: Cyclonal Sodium Soluble Hexobarbitone Drug Advertising - Item 23: Aludrox Drug Advertising - Item 24: Veganin Tablets Drug Advertising - Item 25: Priscol Drug Advertising - Item 26: Neocursal Salt Advertising - Item 27: Portable Intra-Uterine Suction Apparatus Medical Advertising - Item 28: The VUC Instrument Medical Advertising

Dr Michele Matthews has been a local and social historian for nearly three decades since she first used correspondence held by the then Bendigo City Council for her Honours thesis. She is an ardent advocate for the use of local history records to tell Victorian and Australian history from a grassroots perspective. Michele’s MA thesis, ‘A forgotten “Father” of Federation: Sir John Quick 1852‑1911’ (2003), and her PhD thesis, ‘Survivors, schemes, Samaritans and shareholders: the impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925‑1935’ (2007), both drew heavily on Bendigo and district records. A copy of her Thesis is held in the Bendigo Historical Society Collection. Michele worked as an historian, undertaking numerous contracts for the former City of Bendigo Council, including researching and writing the Catalogue of Bendigo City Council’s Correspondence 1856‑1899. Since working at the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre (BRAC), she has created an accompanying subject and person index for this catalogue. Michele also worked as the historian for Bendigo Bank, cataloguing their extensive record collection. She has also written articles, book reviews and teachers’ notes for documentaries. A personal highlight was writing the entry for Sir John Quick in the Australian dictionary of biography, vol. 11. Michele was an Archives Officer at BRAC since its commencement in 2008. Many of the records she looked after in her day‑to‑day work are the same ones she first used while researching for her Honours thesis back in 1983. She has spoken at many public functions about the records housed at BRAC, and is particularly proud of the digitised online project, Petitions of the people.This item includes the following five documents: 8672.19a Talk entitled: Not "Exceptional Circumstances"; Women in Bendigo and District 1925-1935 Four typed sheets This document analyzes the social and economic hardships faced by widowed, deserted, and single women in Bendigo and its district from 1925 to 1935, particularly during the Great Depression. The study centers on women without male breadwinners—widows, deserted wives, and single women—who were not considered "exceptional circumstances" by contemporary legal standards, despite their significant numbers. Many widows resulted from miners' phthisis (tuberculosis), leaving families destitute. Economic support was limited; widows often relied on outdoor relief (ODR) from the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum, typically in the form of food handouts. Employment options were mostly low-paid domestic service jobs (cleaning, laundry, sewing, charwork). Victorian widows did not receive state pensions until 1937, much later than in New South Wales. Desertion often occurred during or shortly after pregnancy, leaving women with young children and little support. Legal recourse for maintenance was costly and rarely effective. Like widows, deserted women depended on ODR and had limited employment opportunities. Financial assistance through "boarding out" (child welfare payments) was available but difficult to access due to strict guidelines and legal hurdles. Single women had more varied job opportunities, especially in factories (knitting, clothing, underclothes) and domestic service, but large-scale employers were few. The Great Depression sharply reduced available jobs for women. Single, unemployed women were ineligible for government sustenance relief, making them particularly vulnerable without family support. In 1933, a significant proportion of women worked in domestic service (e.g., 23.7% in Bendigo, 29.4% in Huntly). From 1925-1929, women made up the majority of new ODR applicants (e.g., 91.7% in 1926). The number of children in ODR families increased dramatically during this period, reflecting growing hardship. Female employment in local industries declined during the Depression, with total female factory workers dropping from 614 in 1929 to 423 in 1931.6. Widows, deserted wives, and single women in Bendigo faced persistent economic insecurity and limited social support before and during the Great Depression. The records of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum provide detailed evidence of their struggles and the inadequacy of available assistance. These findings highlight the systemic challenges faced by women outside the male breadwinner model in early 20th-century regional Australia. 8672.19b Cue Cards for a talk on Entertainment for Children 1920s and 1930s, 18 hand held cards handwritten prompts (glossy paper). The talk was split into two parts "Local Public Entertainment" and "Family and Home Entertainment" 8672.19c Draft copy of Chapter four fo Michele's Thesis - Chapter entitled: Not "Exceptional Circumstances"; Women in Bendigo and District, 14 Typewritten A4 pages with hand-written notes and deletions, Pages 92 to 103 Contact BHS for Details This document analyzes the social and economic impacts of widowhood, illness, and mining-related accidents on families in Bendigo and its district during the early 20th century, especially from 1925. The document concludes that unsupported women—widows, deserted wives, and single women—were marginalized and forced to rely on charity, highlighting the inadequacy of social policy in Australia during this period. 8672.19d Draft copy of Chapter four fo Michele's Thesis - Chapter entitled: Not "Exceptional Circumstances"; Women in Bendigo and District, 12 Typewritten A4 pages with hand-written notes and deletions, Pages 92 of 105 Contact BHS for Details 8672.19e Draft copy of Chapter four of Michele's Thesis - Chapter entitled: Not "Exceptional Circumstances"; Women in Bendigo and District, 11 Typewritten A4 pages with hand-written notes and deletions, Pages 92 to 103 Various pages Contact BHS for Detailsbendigo, brac, michele matthews collection

254p. : dark blue cover : Frontispiece illustration cut and pasted on from original dust jacket featuring man and woman in embracefictionJust as Gwyneth Vilner is about to get married to older and very successful Van Onslie, she learns that a youthful indiscretion, very painful and leading to what she thought was pregnancy and the death of the baby, actually resulted in a living child. Will this knowledge ruin her marriage?fiction, romance, mary burchell