Hardcover book with dustjacket. It has a green spine with black writing. The front shows a photographic image of a re-enactment of "The coming of light" (an annual commemoration of the arrival of the first missionaries on Thursday Island). The title is printed in large yellow letters across the top.non-fictionNovelised account of the experiences of a nurse in the Torres Straits.elizabeth burchill, history of nursing, thursday island, , missionaries, australian army nursing service

The life of Elizabeth Burchill has produced five books. Her most recent book, 'The paths I've trod' brings together her previous four books, providing a remarkable insight, not only into a lifetime of nursing, but the entire period from the 19020's to the 1970's. When Elisabeth first trained in Melbourne, leeches were still part of accepted medical practice. She volunteered to serve with the Australian Inland Mission at Innaminka in her twenties. When she returned to Melbourne she undertook further specialised training at the Tweddle Baby Hospital, Footscray. After her outback adventure she developed 'itchy feet syndrome' and decided to test the saying that nursing was the best passport to travel. She became a registered nurse in six countries. Elizabeth volunteered for service caring for refugee children in Spain towards the end of the Civil War there. When she returned to Australia she enlisted in the first Victorian contingent if nurses with the second AIF.. She travelled to the Middle East, with her time in Nazareth being especially interesting. After the war she tried her hand at radio announcing before retuning to nursing. In the 1970's Elizabeth became a mature age student, gained her HSC and went on to graduate as a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 at Monash University. Currently she is studying for her Bachelor of Literature at Melbourne University. Donating $10,000 to Monash saw the 'Burchill Room' named. It is a repository for Australiana, including memorbilia from Elizabeth herself.A newspaper clipping of a title, four columns of text and two black and white photos. The large photo is of an older woman holding several books. The smaller photo is of three women wearing nurse's uniforms.'NC7' [blue ink, top right]blackburn, labrador memories, innaminka, new guinea nurse, thursday island nurse, hawthorn, dora elizabeth burchill, south australia, queensland, new south wales, burke and wills, london, west london hospital, wilfred grenfell, usa, indian harbour, queen mary, australian imperial force, middle east, radio 3sr shepparton, sepik district, new guinea, high school certificate, box hill, tafe, maroondah singers, alan marshall, army education, spectrum melbourne

Now 90, Elizabeth Burchill has done marvelous things in her life. She nursed in Innaminka, London and helped refugees during the Spanish Civil war. She saw Nazareth when serving with the Sixth Division in Palestine, ran an infant welfare clinic in Darwin, nursed in New Guinea's Sepik district, on Thursday Island, in Labrador, Newfoundland. In 1980, in her 70's, Elizabeth studied for her High School Certificate so she could then go on to get an arts degree, a master of arts in Australian Studies and a Bachelor of Letters.A newspaper clipping consisting of the title, three columns of text and a black and white photo of an older woman leaning on a wall beside many certificates and awards.ww2, wwii, world war one, camberwell, first world war, ladies training college, flinders street, south australia, vx383, box hill high, archibald prize, monash university, ena curry, burke and wills