The Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum preserves and promotes nursing heritage in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located at Charles Darwin University in Darwin.
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| Established | 1987 |
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| Location | Darwin, NT, Australia |
| Coordinates | 12°22′20″S 130°52′07″E / 12.372234°S 130.868523°E |
| Curator | Janie Mason[1][2] |
Establishment edit
The nursing museum was established in 1987, when the first pre-service nursing program began at Charles Darwin University. Its collection of photographs, artefacts, instruments and memorabilia aims to preserve and promote nursing heritage in the Northern Territory.[3]
Recent history edit
The museum features two permanent displays and is largely staffed by volunteers.[4]
In 2017 the museum received a grant of $12,300 through the Regional Museums Grants Support Program.[5]
The museum also curates special occasional exhibitions, such as, e.g., "Hospital to Charles Darwin University – a Northern Territory story" (2014), "Thirty years of tertiary nursing studies in the Northern Territory" (2013), "Nightingale: icon or past image? The Territory’s first nurse" (2011), "The year of the Nurse: Territory Nurses of Note" (2010).[1]
Catalogue edit
A catalogue of the objects in the museum may be found at the collecting bug: CDU Nursing Museum and shows images and details of over 2000 artefacts.[6]
Notable Northern Territory nurses edit
- Rona Glynn (1936–1965)
- Ruth Heathcock (1901–1995)
- Ellen Kettle (c.1922–1999)
- Hannah Wood (c. 1827–1903)
References edit
- ^ a b "Janie Mason | Charles Darwin University". www.cdu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Heggen, Barbara (10 August 2015). "A history of NT nurses". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. RN. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Reid, Brian (2009), Collectors & museums : two centuries of collecting in the Northern Territory, Casuarina, N.T. Historical Society of the Northern Territory, retrieved 10 June 2017
- ^ Terzon, Emilia (1 March 2017). "Darwin Nursing Museum celebrates 30 years of 'colonising' university spaces with history". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC News. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Nursing Museum receives $12,000 boost". Charles Darwin University. Charles Darwin University. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "CDU Nursing Museum - Our Heritage - Northern Territory". the collecting bug. Retrieved 13 August 2020.