'being there' book available for purchase
About
20 years after the original printing of this book by Sue Sherson, we are excited to offer you the opportunity to purchase a reprint of this fascinating exploration of nurses and nursing at 'The Melbourne', Victoria's first hospital.
Dedication: This book has been written for all who have nursed, are nursing and will nurse at ‘The Melbourne’. You may not always feel it, but your ‘being there’ is of value immeasurable.
Order & Pay
COST
$40 if you can pick up from Strathmore, Victoria
$50 if posted (in Australia). Extra postage will apply for the mailing of multiple copies or mailing outside of Australia
TO PAY
PayPal: click on this link to order and pay in one go
Direct payment: click on this link to order the book/s then, via your own bank, transfer funds to:
BSB: 063-349
Account number: 1029 5127
Delivery
Delivery depends on what you selected.
Once payment is confirmed:
If you selected PICK UP, you will be contacted to organise a day & time for you to pick up the book/s from Strathmore, Victoria; OR
If you selected BY POST, your book/s will be posted to you.
Any issues, questions or concerns, please email rmhgna@outlook.com
My mother, Maureen Mahoney, trained at the Melbourne in the war years, graduating in 1944. She became a Charge Sister on Theatre A then Ward 2 North (Gynae) and did a stint as Night Supervisor. Her contributions to the book 'being there' can be found on pages 300-310
Judy Richmond
Archiving with VicCollections
Archiving RMGNA documents & items
RMGNA has a diverse collection of documents, such as decades of meeting minutes, and items such as celebatroy teaspoons, currently stored in a number of sites including RMH Parkville, Jane Bell House and some private homes of former & current committee members. We don't want to lose these valuable items so need to start archiving them for everyone to explore and enjoy.
Victorian Collections is a free collection management system where employees or members of organisations can be trained to catalogue, digitise and upload records to the Vic Collections site.
If you want to join our Archive Group, please email your expression of interest to: rmhgna@outlook.com and register for one of the Victoria Collections "Getting strarted with VC" workshops. The next workshop is Getting Started with VC Wednesday 14 May 10:00 - 1:30 via Zoom.
Other workshops can be found on the AMaGA Victoria site: https://www.amagavic.org.au/events
