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

Newspaper article titled "Potions and Pills on Show" at the Bendigo Post Office, Bendigo Advertiser Friday 7 February 2014. Artefacts for the Post Office Gallery exhibition were donated from NDSN for the exhibition "A history of Health "A Cure for all Ills: Medicine in Bendigo"