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Nurses in uniform photographed at events at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne including laying the foundation stone, St Evins, the Eucharistic Congress.

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"View of the balcony of the 1st St V's. Drs quarters are in front. Taken at the laying of the foundation of the 1st addition"

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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne 1928. Laying of foundation stone, crowds, banners, stone on a stage, dignitaries. His Eminence Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, blessed and laid this stone on October 6th, 1928.

Inscription on back of photograph states, " Laying of foundation stone. 1st addition to St V's"

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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne ceremony of laying of foundation stone 1928

Photo 1 inscription " View of Mt St Evins at the laying of the foundation of St V's." Photo 2 inscription " At the laying of the Foundation Stone for the 1st addition to St V's Hospital"

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The certificate features an elaborate St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne insignia with Caritas Christi Urget Nos badge print. Caritas Christi Urget Nos is the motto of the hospital's founders, the Sisters of Charity of Australia.

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Written in 1930 by Father Henry Johnstone S.J. about nurses at Mount St Evin's where he was a patient. Given to Agnes McLean who nursed him.

Footnote handwritten by Agnes McLean describing the circumstances.

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Agnes McLean is a registered nurse number 3888 under the Nurses Registration Act of Victoria 1928.

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Agnes McLean staff nurse competency.

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Reference regarding nursing experience in wards and Out-Patients Department.

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Certificate awarded for passing first professional exams.

Printed certificate in blue script writing with a handwritten signature in black ink.

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Congratulations on successful completion of nurse training.

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Reference to commence nursing training from High School Principal.

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Clippings cover the period: 12th July 1952 - 22nd June 1953. Newspaper clippings are from Melbourne newspapers: The Age, the Argus, The Sun and The Herald. Topics include: St Vincent's redevelopment, Federal and State hospital funding, articles about regional hospitals including Kyneton and Gippsland, medical conferences, nurses and other medical topics.

Hardcover lined exercise book with grey cover and red taped spine. A cream rectangular lable is pasted onto the front. Newspaper clippings have been pasted into the book in chronological order

Lable on front cover includes the following: Handwritten in black pen: Press Cuttings Scrawled in green ink: * HCC Printed: Faint

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Newspaper clippings from Melbourne newspapers: The Age, The Sun, The Catholic Weekly, The Argus, The Herald have been pasted into the book. Topics include: St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Hospital funding, changes to hospital management in Australia, nurses and nursing, medical training, blood donations, State and Federal health policies.

Hard bound exercise book with grey cover and lined pages. Newspaper clippings have been pasted into the book in chronological order. The date and source have been written underneath each clipping.

Written in black pen on the cover: Press cuttings / 25th Sept., 1951 - 11th July, 1952 Printed on the cover: The..../ Commerce/ Series

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Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from Melbourne newspapers: The Age, The Sun, The Argus and The Herald. The period covered is 23rd June 53 - 19th September 1954. Newspaper article topics include: State and Federal funding, policies and support of hospitals in general, Victorian hospital boards and their members, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, nurses' examination results etc.

Hardcover, lined book with a red stippled cover and red tape spine. Newspaper clippings have been pasted into the book in chronological order. The last few pages are unused.

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Chronological listing of nurse trainees at St Vincent's Nurses' Training School 1893-1930, 1948 - 1950. Register has some blank pages in the middle and trainees from the years 1931 to 1948 were written in a different register. Despite the inside front cover indicating 1909, the first entries in the register are dated 1893, implying that some entries may have been written retrospectively. Information about students includes: name, address, age, religion, date training commenced and date training ended, the duration of holidays taken during each of the three years of training, the entrance fee paid, the nurse's signature and information about where the nurse went after graduation.

This item is historically significant because it records the names of the women who trained at the hospital from the foundation of the hospital.

Large hard bound book in green with brown leather corners and spine. Lettering on the cover in gold. Interior of book is in the form of a printed ledger with each entry covering two facing pages. Front and back inside pages are marbled and edges of pages are also marbled. Information about students has been handwritten into the printed boxes.

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The certificate was presented to Mr Hughes after he had helped to collect 500,000 pounds for various charities, including St Vincent's Hospital. The certificate is accompanied by a letter from the item's donor which summarises the achievements of Mr Hughes.

Certificate is printed on paper which has been glued onto thick card. Certificate is printed in grey, cream, yellow and dark blue and featuring black and white photographs of St Vincent's Hospital. The names of the recipient and Mother Rectress have been written in black ink. The certificate has been broken into two separate pieces down the centre.

St. Vincent's Hospital / Melbourne / Life Governor's Certificate / It is hereby Certified that / Mr. William Walter Hughes. / has been appointed an / honorary Life Governor of the Institution / M. Alphonsus O'Doherty / Mother Rectress

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