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.Two pieces of yellow paper with black print attached to cardboard and covered with clear plastic. One is headed ARE YOU A GOOD OR A POOR STUDENT (After L. C. Pressey et al) with a list of 17 questions. the other is headed STANDARD WARD PROCEDURE with points 1a to f and 2 to 6ndns, standard ward procedure, are you a good student