Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has plain white cover. Dust jacket has grey background, on front cover are two black and white photographs of groups of nurses, coloured print of the Sydney Hospital's coat of arms, title (red, gold and black print) and author's name (gold print). Title and author's name are printed in gold on spine, along with coloured print of Sydney Hospital's coat of arms. On the back cover are black and white photos of the nine Lady Superintendent/Matrons/Directors of Nursing, and a coloured photo of the graduate nurses' badge

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At top of back cover of dustjacket, the previous catalogue number is written in black ink. This is also written in black ink at top right of front-end page. At bottom right of front-end page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by AHNL (handwritten in black ink. previous catalogue number is also handwritten on this sticker in black. Also on front-end page is an inscription "To Dear Yvonne, Trust that you enjoy the trials and tribulations of our SCHOOL of NURSING. Valerie J Griffiths 14.11.2011

Summary

This book documents the history of nursing at the Sydney Hospital, includes information about the training and status of nurses and how these factors have influenced their uniforms. Also listed are all nurses who graduated from the Sydney Hospiital