Physical description

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a maroon cover with title and author's surname embossed in gold on spine. The dust jacket has a maroon background with a photograph of the sculpture "Trust' by Heather Ellis 1987, and title and author's name printed in gold ink on front cover. Title and author's surname printed in gold on spine. On the back cover there is a coloured image of the RCH crest

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

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 " Margaret Galletly (nee Froomes) handwritten in black ink. At top right of front end page, a previous owners name and 1989 is written in blue ink, below this the previous catalogue number is written in black ink

Summary

Founded in 1870 as a charitable hospital for sick children of indigent parents, a role it fulfilled for over 60 years. The 1930's began a long period of gradual transformation to provide services to all children and a centre for teaching and research. The pioneer and catalyst in this period was Ella Latham, the RCH tenth and longest serving President, 1933-1954. This book also tells of many of the hardworking and unsung hospital staff who underpinned the developing services for sick and disabled children