At graduation, nurses were presented with the St Vincent's Hospital badge by a Sister of Charity Superior or Mother Rectress. The badge certified that nurses could now practice as a qualified nursing sister.The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Nurses' Graduation Badge has an outer darker blue border with "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" written in gold capitals on the bottom edge. The meaning is "The love of Christ urges us on". Within, there is a cut-out gold Crown of Mary, or Our Lady, the Patroness for the Sisters of Charity. There is a lighter blue banner containing the Heart of Charity, the Anchor of Hope and the Cross of Faith, all the symbols of nurses working under the guidance of the Sisters of Charityst vincent's hospital melbourne, nurse training, margaret tutton, st vincent's hospital melbourne nurses' graduation badge, sisters of charity melbourne

The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne nurses' graduation badge has an outer darker blue border with "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" written in gold capital writing. The meaning is "the love of Christ urges us on". Within, there is a gold Crown of Mary, or Our Lady, the Patroness for the Sisters of Charity. There is a lighter blue banner containing the Heart of Charity, the Anchor of Hope and the Cross of Faith, all symbols of nurses working under the guidance of the Sisters of Charity.St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in capital letters adorns the top of the badge with Caritas Christi Urget Nos on the bottom.st vincent's hospital melbourne, nursing badge, sisters of charity st vincent's hospital melbourne, vivienne pearce

At graduation, nurses were presented with the St Vincent's Hospital badge by a Sister of Charity Superior or Mother Rectress. The badge certified that nurses could now practice as a qualified nursing sister.Engraved name M Rosengren in capital letters on the back of the badge.st vincent's hospital melbourne, margaret rosengren, nurse, graduation lapel badge, sisters of charity

At graduation, nurses were presented with the St Vincent's Hospital badge by a Sister of Charity Superior or Mother Rectress. The badge certified that nurses could now practice as a qualified nursing sister. The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne nurse's graduation badge has an outer darker blue border with "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" written in gold on the bottom. The meaning is "The love of Christ urges us on". Within, there is the Crown of Mary, or Our Lady, the Patroness for the Sisters of Charity. There is a lighter blue banner containing the Heart of Charity, the Anchor of Hope and the Cross of Faith, all the symbols of nurses working under the guidance of the Sisters of Charity. There are engraved letters on the back of the badge with the letters "AMC".st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurse training, anne carolan, graduation badge

1. The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Nurses Graduation Badge has an outer darker blue border with "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" written in gold. The meaning is "The love of Christ urges us on". Within, there is a cut-out gold Crown of Mary, or Our Lady, the Patroness for the Sisters of Charity. There is a lighter blue banner containing The Heart of Charity, The Anchor of Hope and The Cross of Faith, all the symbols of nurses working under the guidance of the Sisters of Charity. 2. The Catholic Women's Social Guild Badge bears its initials on a round copper background of blue enamel. It has an insignia containing a dove on a heart shaped shield with laurel leaves and a silver star. Mary Brennan may have nursed at institutions of the CWSG which was founded in Melbourne in 1916. It improved the lives of women and children in poor health such as the Santa Casa in Queenscliff run by the Sisters of Mercy. st vincents hospital melbourne, nurses badges, catholic womens social guild, mary bernard brennan

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne graduate nurse Anne Carolan is photographed in her graduation white uniform with sisters veil, blue first-year epaulets and hospital badge.Signed by photographer.st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurse training, anne carolan, broothorn studios melbourne

After completeing three years of hospital based examinations and training, and following graduation, nurses were addressed as "Sister" on their name badge.SR. V. PEARCEvivienne pearce, st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurses name badge

Four nurses' graduation badges indicating Josephine Zehnter's nursing training and clinical working settings. The Melbourne hospital badges are from St Vincent's Hospital, the Women's Hospital and the Fairfield Hospital. There is also a badge stating SRN, which means Senior Registered Nurse. josephine zehnter, st vincents hospital melbourne, women's hospital melbourne, fairfield hospital melbourne, nursing