The 1850s was a period of immense change in Melbourne. The rush for gold was frantic and in the period between 1850 and 1860 half a million people descend on the area, which only officially came to be known as Melbourne ...

Australia’s chief nurses should call for history to be introduced into all nursing curricula, a leading historian on World War I nursing has said. Dr Kirsty Harris, from the school of historical studies at the University of Melbourne, said the ...

A significant period of Canberra’s nursing history is currently being recorded in a new book celebrating 100 years of community and district nursing. For the first time the history of district and community nursing in the nation’s capital territory is ...

Adaptability, innovation, and political savvy have endured throughout our nursing history. By Pamela Wood. The past has great potential. It is a rich source of ideas, insights and lessons to be learnt. It shows us our strengths and failings. It ...