Retired/retiring Rockhampton nursing sisters at a function June 1970


Title	Retired/retiring Rockhampton nursing sisters at a function June 1970
Description	The photograph shows a group of four nursing sisters two of whom had retired and two who were about to retire at a social function at the Capricorn Motel in Rockhampton. They are (L to R) Ada (Kit) Walters (née Deane) (Rockhampton Hospital), Norah Crowe (née Hogan) (Matron Eventide), Vida Bedford) (Maternal and Child Welfare) and Ivy H. M. Baker (Rockhampton Hospital). According to the caption the nurses had given a total of 180 years of service to the nursing profession and were in the process of making a pact to meet annualy for dinner.
Image Number	345
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original)	Bulletin Photo E4608 Jun 1970
Subject	Baker, Ivy H. M.
Subject	Bradford, Vida
Subject	Crowe, Norah
Subject	Nurses
Subject	Walters, Ada
Coverage - Spatial	Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time	Jun 1970
Format of Original	photographic print: b&w 21.5 cm x 16.7 cm; scan .tif 14.3 MB 2552 x 1964 pixels
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Rights	This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.