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.