Sister Barbara Lees at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital, Sydney in 1955
Title Sister Barbara Lees at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital, Sydney in 1955
Description Sister Barbara Lees poses in front of one of the buildings at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital in Sydney ca. 1955. Barbara completed her basic nurse training at the Rockhampton Hospital between 1952 and 1955, graduating on 06 May 1955. She then studied for a midwifery certificate at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital in 1955. The photograph carries the annotation: “Much love Ock! Barbara”. “Ock” is Sister Joan Ockenden who studied with Barbara at the Rockhampton Hospital during their nurse training.
Image Number 509
Publisher Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original) Image donated by Maureen Joan Miller (née Ockenden)
Subject Lees, Barbara M.
Subject Nurses
Coverage - Spatial Crown Street Women's Hospital, Sydney
Coverage - Time ca. 1955
Format of Original photographic print: b&w 61 x 88 mm; scan .tif 2.0 MB 694 x 997 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.