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

Northern District School of Nursing - 20page paper presented by Diane M Francis at the Canadian Association of the History of Nursing, 9th Annual Conference, 14-16 June 1996, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Paper entitled "A Women with a Vision" Nancy Winifred Long MBE. Presented on 16 June 1996 at 9:00am.

Inscriptions & markings

Paper has been reviewed with annotated by "Ros" -This is looking good. As I said if you just tell the history, the significance will emerge.