Biographical information gathered from questionnaires sent to members of Group N [nurses who trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1955-1958] on the occasion of their sixty-year reunion held in 2005Of significance to the AHNL as it provides information about some Alfred trained nursesIllustrated book with wire binding. Front cover has clear plastic protective cover. Front cover has a pale blue background and black print, the AHNL badge and a black and white photograph of nurses in Alfred Hospital student nurse uniforms, taken on their graduation day, they are holding certificates and wearing the AHNL badge [Group N 1958]Previous catalogue number handwritten [black ink] on small white sticker at top right of plastic coveralfred hospital, nurses

Magazine has a white cover on the front is an oval shaped coloured aerial photograph of the Alfred Hopital [ca.1940] there is also a wide blue vertical stripe on which the title is printed in red blue and white ink. At the bottom of the front cover are 4 narrow horizontal stripes (red,blue, white and blue) On the white stipe the words 'published quarterly June 1940 price 3d" are printed in red. On the back cover is a blue and white photograph of a two story building (Hamilton Russell House [ca.1940] ) Along with an advertisement for Hamilton Russell House in red and blue print. Abreviated title at top right, and printer's details at bottom in blue printnon-fictionmagazine with various articles and advertisements. Included are a list of Alfred Hospital Board members, hospital auxillaries news, PTS nusres in March and May 1940, Grace Wilson resignation, Hospitals yesterday and todayalfred hospital, alfred hospital auxilleries

Magazine has a white cover on the front is an oval shaped coloured aerial photograph of the Alfred Hopital [ca.1940] there is also a wide red vertical stripe on which the title is printed in red, greenand white ink. At the bottom of the front cover are 4 narrow horizontal stripes (green, red, white and red) On the white stipe the words 'published quarterly December 1940 price 3d" are printed in green. On the back cover is a red and white photograph of a two story building (Hamilton Russell House [ca.1940] ) Along with an advertisement for Hamilton Russell House in red and green print. Abreviated title at top right, and printer's details at bottom in red printnon-fictioncontains news of the activities and development of the Alfred Hospital and the work of the Alfred Hospital Auxillary, list of nurses September & NovemberPTS (Preliminary Training Schoo), cooking hints miscellaneous articles and advertisementsalfred hospital, alfred hospital auxilleries

Prospectus for people interested in undertaking nurse training at the Alfred Hospital , MelbourneOf significance to the AHNL as most Alfred nursing students would have received a prospectusStapled booklet. Cover has a coloured photograph of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne at night viewed from Fawkner Park, with title overprinted in white on the front and the logo of the Alfred Hospital Melbourne on the backPrevious catalogue number handwritten in black ink at top right of front coveralfred hospital, alfred hospital school of nursing, nursing education

Prospectus for people interested in undertaking nurse training at the Alfred Hospital , Melbourne. Includes pay rates and leave entitlenents (3 weeks annual leave)Of significance to the AHNL as most Alfred nursing students would have received a prospectusStapled booklet with cream cover and black print. Front cover also has the logo of the Alfred Hospital MelbournePrevious catalogue number handwritten in black ink at top right of front coveralfred hospital, alfred hospital school of nursing, nursing education

A descriptive manual of the wards and depatments for nursing staff of the main ward block and other buildings of the Alfred Hospital Melbourne in 1977of significance to the AHNL as an important record of the oraganisation of the Alfred HospitalManual bound with screws, yellow cover with black print. Alfred Hospital, Melbourne logo at top of front cover under which the title is printedAt top right of the front cover there is a small rectangular white sticker on which the previous caalogue number is written, This sticker partially obscures a name written in pencil [? Sr J Homewood]. Above the logo the words 'Night Duty' are written and underlined in black ink, Page 37 has a full page update stapled to italfred hospital, nurses, medical equipment, hospital equipment

Prospectus for people interested in undertaking nurse training at the Alfred Hospital , MelbourneOf significance to the AHNL as most Alfred nursing students would have received a prospectusStapled booklet Front cover has a pale pink and white photograph of a nurse attending a paitent in bed, title overprinted along with one vertical and two horizontal black stripes along with the logo of the Alfred Hospital MelbournePrevious catalogue number handwritten in black ink at top right of front coveralfred hospital, alfred hospital school of nursing, nursing education

Prospectus for people interested in undertaking nurse training at the Alfred Hospital , Melbourne. Includes pay rates and conditionsOf significance to the AHNL as most Alfred nursing students would have received a prospectusStapled booklet Front cover has a pale blue and white photograph of a nurse attending a paitent in bed, title overprinted along with one vertical and two horizontal black stripes along with the logo of the Alfred Hospital MelbournePrevious catalogue number handwritten in black ink at top right of first pagealfred hospital, alfred hospital school of nursing, nursing education

Earliest photograph of The Alfred immediately prior to its first treating patients on 6 March 1871.Black and White PhotographEndorsed on back in pencil Alfred Hospital 1870the alfred, 1870, hospital

Illustrated book with dark blue cover. Publisher's initials imprinted on front cover. Abbreviated title, one authors surname, one small five-pointed star and abbreviated publisher's name embossed in gold on spine. Alfred Hospital Melbourne".non-fictionThis volume covers the history of nursing from the earliest times to [ca.1840].nursing-history, nurses

Curved laryngoscope blade and handle. The laryngoscope blade is identified as a MAC 3 RIESTER blade and is attached to the textured handle with a serrated grip for ease of use. The handle is also a battery deposit which has stamped on the lid base the manufacturer's name and the place where it was made.Stamped on the lid base of the handle, Penlon R [trademark] / Made in U K Printed on the blade base, MAC 3 RIESTER Printed on the blade base, STAINLESS STEEL C E / GERMANY Stamped on the blade base, TDD Stamped on the blade base, Gairway, laryngoscope, penlon, united kindom, germany, mac 3 reister, blade, the alfred hospital, melbourne, macintosh

Fire manual for use at the Alfred Hospital MelbourneOf significance to the AHNL as nurses were required to be familiar with the contents of this or similar manualsStapled booklet with pale blue cover and black print. Title and Alfred Hospital logo on front coverPrevious catalogue number handwritten [black ink] on small white sticker at top right of front coveralfred hospital, fire prevention, emergency procedudres

Published to celebrate centenary of the Alfred Hospital Melbourne in 1970Of significance to the AHNL as it is a history of the Alfred HospitalStapled illustrated booklet with white cover, title in black print below Alfred Hospital logo [red and black print]. Conatis typed programme on yellow paperPrevious catalogue number written in black print at top right of front cover and programmealfred hospital (melbourne)-history, hospitals - victoria - history

Illustrated book with blue cloth cover, gilt stamped decorations on front and spinenon-fictionIn 1867, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son, commissioned the Galatea for a voyage around the world which would include the first royal visit to Australia. Stopping along the way in Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town, Alfred was received with great ceremony at each port of call. These visits provided the ship's chaplain John Milner (1822-97) and the artist Oswald Brierly (1817-94) with ample material for this chronicle, published in 1869, which gives background details of each region alongside scenes from the tour, enhanced by illustrations based on Brierly's sketches. The authors drew on various recollections and writings, including a letter from Alfred to his brother describing an elephant hunt in South Africa. The tour was abruptly curtailed in Sydney when a Fenian sympathiser attempted to assassinate the prince, an act which boosted support for the British royal family. More »hrh prince alfred duke of edinburgh, voyages around the world, australia - description - travel 1860's, south africa - description - travel -1860's

This nurse's collar, cap and apron would have been worn by student nurses at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in the 1960's. Although the style did not change much from earlier years the length of the skirt had shortened. The white semi circular collar has a single row of drawn thread work 1.5 centimeters from the outer edge and is made of starched cotton fabric. The cap is made of a half circle of fine white cotton lawn with a turn back front edge bearing the Alfred Hospital emblem. It has a tape casing about 1.5 centimeters from the edge which contains a thin tape for gathering up the edge of the cap. The white cotton apron has a 5 panel skirt, a waistband with four covered buttons and a bib front which went over the shoulders and buttoned at the back of the waistband.The collar has written in black marker - D.L.Ross E.37; Also written in black marker - E980; A tape printed and machine stitched on - L.A. Holberton The cap has a printed emblem - Alfred Hospital Incorp. Melbourne, Service and Care The apron has written in black maker - M Taylor; E877; J. Williamsalfred hospital, nursing, nurse uniform, student nurse uniform, nurse apron, nurse cap, nurse collar, apron, costume, textiles

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a blue cloth binding with title, author and publisher's name stamped in gilt on spine. Dustjacket has an orange and black print of the assassination attempt on Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney 1868. Title and author's name overprinted in white on front and spinenon-fictionIn July, 1867, the Australian colonies were electrified by the news that they were to be visited by royalty. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria and commander of H.M.S. Galatea, was en route from Europe. He landed in South Australia on a blazing November day, and he was welcomed with an exuberant Colonial loyalty which, as one of his equerries sniffly remarked "seemed ignorant of protocol." During his visits to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and Queensland, the Prince was swept along on a tide of frenzied enthusiasm. Each State tried to outdo the others in the splendour of its receptions and the garishness of its decorations. In Melbourne, a Free Banquet in honour of the Prince turned into a drunken fiasco. On the goldfields, he lunched down a mine and "helped himself rather liberally from a selection of nuggets. He was cheered by convicts in Tasmania, wrangled over by Queensland politicians and bombarded with bouquets, Declarations of Loyalty, and innumerable speeches. Surrounded by city fathers, Bishops, brass bands, fireworks and uproarious multitudes, he went from one triumph to another. Finally, he was shot in Sydney, and his recovery was accompanied by even more passionate demonstrations of loyalty. These were inflamed by revulsion against the would-be assassin, who was hurried to the gallows as the Prince sailed for home. His departure closed a colourful chapter in Australian history, of which the author writes with humour and gustohrh prince alfred duke of edinburgh, australia - description - travel 1860's, south africa - description - travel -1860's, voyages around the world

Biographical notes of Group X nurses, who commenced training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 1962, information gathered for 50-year reunion held in 2012Of significance to the AHNL as it contains information about Alfred Hospital trained nursesIllustrated booklet, white paper with black print, plastic comb binding and clear plastic protective cover. First page visible includes index and information about 50-year reunion of Alfred Hospital Group X Previous catalogue number written at top right of first pagealfred hospital, nurses

Biography of Alfred John Trinca (1884-1981) an Australian pathologist and surgeon, it explores his life and career, highlighting his contributions to medicine, particularly his work at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne.Of significance to the AHNL as Alfred Trinca had a long association with the Alfred Hospital.Illustrated book with dustjacket and clear protective film. Book has a dark blue cover with abbreviated title and authors surname embossed in gilt on spine. Dustjacket has a white background and black print, title, author's name printed on front. and A.J. Trinca on spine.Previous catalogue number handwritten in black ink on small white sticker at top right of front-end page.alfred john trinca, physicians-australia-biography, medical personnel-australia-biography

Dr Alfred Fay Maclure (1883-1956) (trained in England) Alfred Hospital as Inpatient Surgeon who served in World War One.Medal dates from 1956 and was a prize awarded to Alfred Hospital student nurses for surgical nursing. Awarded to Ann Clezy long term Alfred Hospital identity.Bronze coloured round medal sitting in a hinged, paper presentation box,Box - Wm. Drummond & Co. Ltd./Jewellers/344-?/Collins Street/Melbourne Medal - Observe (front) - Top - Alfred Hospital Melbourne Bottom - Nurses League Reverse (back) AWARDED TO/ANN STEELE CLEEZY/FAY MACLURE PRIZE/For/Best Surgical Nurse/in 3rd Yearmedal, award, alfred hospital, nurses award, surgical nursing, ann clezy

Used in the Alfred Hospital school of nursingOf significance to the AHNL as it was used in the AH school of nursingOctagonal metal plate fixed to a square wooden block with nails'mirror writing' on plate: Alfred Hospital Incorp Melbourne service and care, Alfred Hospital training school for nurses Melbournealfred hospital, alfred hospital school of nursing

This bag could be used for carrying sheet music or similar documents. The item was owned by Gethla Forsyth who graduated as a nurse from the Alfred Hospital Melbourne in 1936. Gethla served in the Australian Nursing Corps in WW2. Gethla was a sister to Gladys who was married to Dr Angus , a long serving doctor in Warrnambool. her family had earlier connections to the district in the 1900's in the Koroit area.A common object but an interesting social connection.Brown leather bag with metal catches and handle. It has a small gusset in each side. Long rectangular in shape."Gethla Forsyth" written inside on right hand side.warrnambool, gethla forsyth, leather music satchel

Book has an illustration of three people in Victorian dress on the front cover in shades of purple. A woman (Florence Nightingale) is in the foreground, and another woman and a soldier are to her right. Title and authors name are printed over this illustration in white ink. Author's surname, abbreviated title and ISBN are printed in white on a grey background on the spine, The back cover has a summary of the book is printed in black on a cream background within a light brown border.non-fictionThis book was intended "to give hints for thought to women who have personal charge of the health of others...Knowledge which everyone ought to have-distinct from medical knowledge, which only a professional can have".florence nightingale, nurses, nursing, caregivers

The certificate and tie clips were in the possession of Dr John Mainland. Mainland graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science degree. After researching and completing his medical degree, Mainland entered into the field of anaesthetics, training at the Royal Women's and Royal Children's Hospitals, later Alfred Hospital, in 1959. He completed training in 1964 and remained at the Alfred Hospital. During his career, he also became the first anaesthetist appointed to the position of Professor in Victoria. His other achievements include manufacturing a respiratory monitoring module that accompanied astronauts on the United States moon landing and developing a stimulator to lessen the risk of deep vein thrombosis in surgical patients. Mainland became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 1992, retiring from the profession in 1997.The certificate rests beneath a thin layer of glass kept in a light wooden frame. The certificate is cream in colour with dark brown writing. In the middle is an illustration of Box Hill and District Hospital building. At the bottom of the certificate is the signature of the President and Secretory. On the back of the frame there are two metal loops connected by a thin piece of metal wire. Hanging on this wire are two clips from the Alfred Hospital. The face of the clips is consists of the Alfred Hospital emblem in red and gold surrounded by a border of blue with the name of the hospital inscribed. Masking tape runs the border of the frame.Printed in black ink on back of frame: marlow Galleries / 968 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill / Ph: 89 2062, 1st floor •Inscribed on face of clips: Alfred Hospital Melbourne For Service •Printed in brown ink on the certificate: Box Hill and District / Hospital / This is to Certify that / Professor J. F. Mainland / was appointed a / Life Governor / on the 23rd day of July 1980 / President Secretary •Signed in blue ink by the President and Secretarycertificate, box hill and district hospital, life governor, mainland, john, alfred hospital

Illustrated book with red cover. Title, authors' and publisher's names stamped in gilt on spinenon-fictionText book for nurses, featuring pracices current in 1904nursing, nurse education

Long term loan from Neurological Society of Australasia Museum of Neurosurgical Instruments,South Australia. Catalogue with Historical Commentaries Second Edition January 2006 Copy located at RACS MuseumTrumble's Skull Plough or craniotome devised by Hugh Trumble (1864-1962 ) CRANIOTOME. This craniotome was designed by Hugh Trumble (1894-1962) of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, one of the eight founders of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. It was a modification of an earlier instrument, similar in principle but less versatile, designed by Sir Henry Souttar(l875 - 1964), a very inventive surgeon who worked in the London Hospital. Souttar also used a motor-powered circular saw when necessary. He cut very large circular bone flaps, exposing the occipital lobes and posterior fossa in a few minutes. Trumble reported the use of this craniotome as "an expeditious method of cutting bone flaps" and in the designer's hands this claim was certainly justified. To use the crauiotome, it was necessary to hold the skull rigidly, and this was done by embedding the head in a plaster mould. Three holes were drilled in the skull to fix the pin of the craniotome, and the flap was then cut in a series of three arcs, after which the flap was elevated with levers until its base fractured. The 'Trumbolian" instrumentation was used in the Alfred Hospital by a number of Trumble's pupils. The craniotome is made of steel, not plated and apparently not stainless. It is believed that Trumble made his craniotomes himself, in a backyard workshop.

Illustrated book with light blue cover. Title and author's surname, along with an illustration of a "Florence Nightingale' lantern (as used in the Crimean War) are printed in dark blue on front cover. An identical illustration of a lantern is also printed in dark blue ink on the back cover. Title and author's name are printed in white ink on dark blue rectangles on spine, the edition and publisher's name are printed in dark blue ink on the spine also.non-fictionA history of the care of the sick from the times of primitive man, through the centuries up to the 1960's.nursing-history, care of the sick through the ages.

'Miss Annie Miller, who had nursed Prince Alfred with Miss Turriff [Haldane, first matron of Alfred Hospital], also joined staff at the Alfred some time before 1876. During her time at the Sydney Infirmary, Annie Miller created something of a stir when, after her experience nursing Prince Alfred, she became selective about which areas of the hospital she would work, only willing to serve in Male Surgical and Accident. She also had been reported to Miss Nightingale by both Lucy Osburn and Haldane Turriff for openly flirting with the Resident Physician, receiving flowers, embroidering slippers, playing with his watch chain and generally becoming the subject of gossip ... Before his departure from the hospital the doctor in question diagnosed Annie Miller as having an [abdominal] aneurism and she went into decline, mainly from the deprivation of his company, it was felt. With the threat of her possibly being returned to England because of ill health, Miller went to Brisbane and Goodna (Queensland), subsequently to Melbourne, where she faded into obscurity. Her aneurism had apparently subsided.' From '5.30, nurse! : the story of the Alfred nurses' by Helen Paterson. History Books: Melbourne, 1996 p. 8 'Annie Miller was Scottish, single and claimed to be 34 years old (in Sydney, she was assumed to be ten years older); Wardroper [Sarah Elizabeth, first superintendent at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas's Hospital, London] had found her to be a good nurse, but 'proud and peculiarly sensitive'' (Burrows, 2018 p. 33). At the end of 1870 Annie resigned after the three-year term at Sydney Infirmary ended. She was appointed to the position of matron at Brisbane Hospital in February 1871. She resigned within a few months of her appointment after a dispute with the staff surgeon who refused to recognise her and her status. From 'Nurses of Australia : the illustrated history' by Deborah Burrows. NLA Publishing : Canberra, 2018 p. 41 'Annie Miller went from the [Sydney] Infirmary to Brisbane Hospital, she then joined Haldane Turriff at The Alfred Hospital, while Osburn thought that Miller had gone to nurse private patients. The two versions are not incompatible as hospitals hired out nurses to care for wealthier patients in their homes. Schultz records that Miller worked at the Hospital for the Insane at Goodna [Queensland] and died in the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum on 12 March 1907. The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing Federation owns the book presented to Miller by Florence Nightingale in 1867.' From 'Lucy Osburn, a lady displaced : Florence Nightingale's envoy to Australia' by Judith Godden. Sydney University Press : Sydney, 2006 p. 315 'This betrayal of all that had been said to Tate [Henry, Alfred Hospital Secretary-Manager 1874-1876] was in keeping with Annie Miller's reputation (earned in Sydney) for being unreliable and a trouble-maker. Miss Miller was also an intimate of Miss Turriff's. Annie Miller is said to have had a brief term as matron in Brisbane after her resignation from the Sydney Infirmary in 1870 but the Brisbane Hospital authorities are unable to provide this one way of the other. Lucy Osburn thought that Miss Miller was in private nursing in Melbourne in 1873 and the Vagabond [alias of John Stanley James, Argus journalist] stated positively that she was working for Miss Turriff at the Alfred when he was there in 1876'. From 'The hospital south of the Yarra' by Ann Mitchell. Alfred Hospital : Melbourne, 1977 p. 242 'Annie Miller was appointed matron of the lunatic asylum at Woogaroo (Goodna) in Queensland in 1877, and remained there for ten years. When she left the medical superintendent, in his report for 1888, praised her for the work she had done in the female division of the asylum'. From 'A tapestry of service' by Bartz Schultz. Churchill Livingstone : South Melbourne, 1991 p.222Annie Miller was one of five Nightingale-trained nurses who come to Sydney in 1868 with Lucy Osburn, the newly appointed Superintendent and Chief Female Officer at the Sydney Infirmary. Florence Nightingale gave them all books before they sailed in December of that year. Annie worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Goodna, and in Melbourne. She died in 1907 and is buried at Boroondara cemetery. Annie was a member of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association. This note was written in Annie's book and this item is in the archive collection of the ANMF Vic Branch Library. The note was written on the front page of a book. We believe the item was donated to the Branch.Hand written note by Florence Nightingale to Annie Miller, upon her departure to Sydney with Lucy Osburn in 1868, written in ink on a blank page at the front of Walter Scott's 'Poetical works' (1866) [The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott]"For Mrs. Miller affectionately offered in remembrance of her own Scotch country by Florence Nightingale London 27 Nov. 1867"nursing history, nursing