Historical information

The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 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

School 74 Three nurses donned in historical uniforms for open day at Lister House.
L-R: Lynne Smith from Mildura in 1860s uniform,
Carmel Walshe from Bendigo in a uniform from the Dental hospital Melbourne in the 1970s,
Lyn Sutherland from Mildura in present 1970s uniform.