State Archives Collection

General nursing duties in the earliest days of the Colony were undertaken by untrained convicts. This Guide provides an historical background and select list of records relating to nursing in New South Wales

The index contains 46,000+ entries and records name, hospital trained at, certificate number, date of registration, records number, and remarks. It should be noted this is an index of the register entries only and certificates referenced in these registers have not survived

These photos are believed to have been taken in 1914, with the opening of the first baby clinics