Historical information

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.

Physical description

8593.7 NDSN PTS 97 practical class in new classroom, Lister House 1981.
28 student nurses, one male and 27 female student nurses.
Colour print tutor Mary Lyn Watts and student nurses Katherine Maddison & Rhonda Arnold.

Inscriptions & markings

New classroom NDSN.
Tutor Mary Lyn Watts and student nurses Katherine Maddison & Rhonda Arnold (PTS 2.2 1981) PTS 97.