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

Two letters re Nursing at the NDSN:-
from Judith Walpole, who received top of the State in finals for Nursing in 1953 while studying at the NDSN, and
from Kevin McMahon re a Nursing history project July 2010,