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 Nervous System - Spinal Cord. Black paper with five coloured drawings labeled A to E. Wooden header and footer.
Written on the rear of the header - NERVOUS SYSTEM - SPINAL CORD. Written on a white label at the bottom - - Supplied by Adam, Rouilly & Co LTD. Human Osteology Anatomy, Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, London, W.1. Telephone Museum 2703. Written at the bottom of the poster - C.Ets. du Dr. Auzoux P.Sougy 1957