Nurses at Rockhampton Hospital Graduation Ceremony Dec 1965
Title Nurses at Rockhampton Hospital Graduation Ceremony Dec 1965
Description The photograph shows Sr D. H. (Del) Cowan, who became Matron at Blackwater (Left); Sr Bridget Blackwood (née Foley); Sr June McMillan ( née Whyte), who became Matron at Moura at a Graduation Ceremony at the Rockhampton Hospital in Dec 1965. Note that Sisters' veils had changed from traditional starched organdie to starched lawn material. Organdie was becoming hard to procure. Because lawn is a heavy material, it tended to sag, so wooden applicators were placed under the veil to hold it straight.
Image Number 420
Publisher Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original) Candid Photo by Gordon Barnes Studio donated by D. J. Whyte (McMillan)
Subject Blackwood, Bridget
Subject Cowan, Del H.
Subject Graduation ceremonies
Subject McMillan, Daphne June
Subject Nurses
Subject Whyte, Daphne June
Coverage - Spatial Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time Dec 1965
Format of Original photographic print: b&w 8.9 cm x 13.9 cm; scan .tif 19.5 MB 2085 x 3271 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.