Historical information

Educational teaching chart used at the Northern District School of Nursing, Rowan Street, Bendigo.
The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in 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

Coloured educational chart of the Human Eye. Paper with wooden header and footer. The main part of the chart has seven coloured diagrams including; Anterior view of the Eye Epidermis partly removed, Muscles of the Eye with Origins and Insertions, Horizontal section through the Scull at the Level of the middle of the Eyeball, Layers of the Eyeball, Interior of the Posterior half of the Eyeball, Bisection showing interior of the anterior half of the Eyeball, Sagittal (medial) Section through the orbit. Written in the bottom right corner - Sole Agents for Great Britain, Eire and the Commonwealth. ADAM, ROUILLY & CO., LTD. 18, FITZORY STREET, FITZORY SQUARE, LONDON, W.1