Physical description

Illustrated book. Full title (red and navy-blue ink) and author's name (navy-blue ink) are printed on the front cover. Abbreviated title (red ink) and author's name (navy-blue ink) are printed on spine. Also on front cover are two black and white photos of groups of nurses. On the back cover are two black and white photos: one is of the Frome Road frontage of the Margaret Graham Nurses Home; the other is of three nurses walking. Also on the back cover is a coloured photo of the Royal Adelaide Hospital nurses' badge.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At bottom right of front-end page is a coloured donation sticker: AHNL badge (red and blue ink) This book was donated to AHNL Inc-Nursing Archives by (blue ink) Dorothy Owen 11/7/2018 (handwritten in black ink). At the top right of front-end page the previous catalogue number is written in black ink.

Summary

A history of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Registered Nurses Association Inc., from its foundation in 1939 (by Lucy Daw, Adelaide Hospital Matron) until 1918. Its motto "fostering friendship and mutual assistance' underlines its role in providing a social and helpful organization for RAH nurses.