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Title: Nurses of Australia: The Illustrated Story
Author: BURROWS DEBORAH
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/11/2018
Imprint: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
Florence Nightingale herself chose the first
trained nurses to come to Australia; they
arrived in 1867. This history of nursing
in Australia, richly illustrated, traces key
moments and themes from before and
after that date. A chapter is devoted to
nursing during wartime, for example,
while one of the overarching themes is
the professionalisation of the occupation.
Gender is of course an issue – for so long
nursing was one of very few options for
‘girls who wanted to learn useful skills
and engage in interesting work away from
home’. Politics and religion also figure.
Scattered throughout the main history are
transcripts of oral history from the National
Library of Australia collection, giving direct
insight into a nurse’s life in different eras.
ISBN: 9780642279309
Dimension: 250mm X 190mm
Pages: 224