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Book - Paperback book, Elizabeth Burchill, Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990, 1992

  • Bright pink paperback book with the title printed at the top centre of the cover in blue text. Beneath the title are three oval templates with images of a different woman in each one. The author's name is printed in white text at the bottom of the cover. There is a white sticker label wrappen across the bottom of the spine.

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Physical description

Bright pink paperback book with the title printed at the top centre of the cover in blue text. Beneath the title are three oval templates with images of a different woman in each one. The author's name is printed in white text at the bottom of the cover. There is a white sticker label wrappen across the bottom of the spine.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'B121' [Handwritten in pencil inside the cover and on the first page]
'Elizabeth Burchill B.A., B.Luit, R.N, R.M (author) / Melbourne 1992' [Handwritten in black ink on first page]
'Best wishes to the Returned Nurses Club / Chris Robb RFDS.' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page]

Summary

Origins of the nursing tradition - Nightingale nurses in Australia - District nursing - Bush nursing - Infant welfare - Border nurses - Male nurses - Army nurses - Expanding horizons - The 1985 strike - Elizabeth Burchill's story. [From Trove record]

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References

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