Historical information

Commemorative plaque created to mark 100 years of the Alfred Hospital School of Nursing 1880-1990.

Significance

The Alfred's School of Nursing was the first formal, general nurse training school in Melbourne.

Physical description

Bronze commemorative plaque with the badges of the Alfred Hospital and the Alfred Hospital Nurses League

Inscriptions & markings

ALFRED HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING 1880-1890
THIS PLAQUE WHICH COMMEMORATES THE CENTENARY OF THE HOSPITAL'S SCHOOL OF NURSING, WAS UNVEILED ON 27TH JULY, 1981 BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE HON. SIR HENRY WINNEKE K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., O.B.E., K. St. J., Q.C. GOVENOR OF VICTORIA