Letters of Lucy Osburn to Nightingale, 1867-1873, 1885
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- Item ff.60-151
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Subjects include preparations for departure from England in 1867, uniform of nurses, arrival in Sydney, performance of English nurses, Prince Alfred Hospital Fund, relations with H. Parkes and Dr A. Roberts, English news, political changes, conditions in Sydney Infirmary, visit of Osburn to Camden Park, Lord Belmore, criticisms of Haldane Turriff, relations between English and Australian nurses, charges against Osburn in Sydney press, E. Deas Thomson, training of nurses for country hospitals, evidence of A. Roberts to Royal Commission, question of remaining in Sydney, visit to Berlin (1885).
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-762665999
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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