Nursing career, 1950-2005

Component identifier:: Series
Content Summary:: This series is comprised of material relating to Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue's nursing career. O'Donoghue became the first Aboriginal person to train as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1954; File 2 includes job references for O'Donoghue to receive training and registration as a nurse and her Nurses' Certificate from the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The series also includes photographs, publications, many specifically referring to O'Donoghue, certificates, later recognition, reunions and conferences.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property permission is required for Indigenous material, permission from relevant communities required. Other access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7860643). Please contact the Library via Ask a Librarian for more information.
Parent Terms of Access:: Due to the cultural sensitivities contained within this material, the National Library of Australia does not have permission to authorise any copies or reproductions of this collection at this stage. Once the Library has consulted and worked with the appropriate Indigenous community / communities to review the material and ensure that culturally appropriate access and use procedures are in place, some copies of this material may be authorised. Please contact the Library via Ask a Librarian for more information.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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