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Friends of Ipswich Hospital Museum

Locality: Ipswich, Queensland

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Address: Jubilee Building, Ipswich Hospital 4305 Ipswich, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Congratulations to the graduating general nurses of 1973. In 1973: Australians were listening to Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree and wondering who the song You’re So Vain was really about. The reclusive, Australian author, Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Australian Government bought the painting ‘Blue Poles’ by Jackson Pollock at a very controversially expensive $1.3 million.... We watched the Brisbane's Warana Spring Festival make its way through the streets of Brisbane. See more

25.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum recognises the general nurse graduates of 1980. 1980 began the last parliamentary term for Ipswich local, Neville Bonner, the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament. He was elected in his own right in 1972, 1974, 1975 and finally in 1980.

24.01.2022 Paying tribute to the general nurses who graduated from Ipswich Hospital in 1992. The final year of hospital-based training.

24.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital has restricted visiting hours at the moment but imagine normal visiting in the year 1882. A copy of the 1882 Ipswich Hospital Bye-Laws tells us: VISITORS Visitors may be admitted into the Institution on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday in each week, between the hours of two and four o’clock in the afternoon. Not more than two visitors shall be admitted to see each patient, except on special occasions and by leave of the Resident Surgeon.... Visitors are requested to give their names to the Porter in entering, and the names of the patient they wish to see. Visitors may be admitted on special occasions by a written order from a Member of the Committee, addressed to the Resident Surgeon. Visitors will not be allowed to go into any ward without the leave of the Resident Surgeon; and every visitor must retire when requested. On no account shall male visitors be admitted to the female wards; but this rule does not apply to Clergymen, or Members of the Committee when visiting, nor to husbands or fathers of such patients. Visitors shall not be permitted to give to, or leave with, any patients any money, medicines, food, or liquor of any kind, nor any other thing, without the express sanction of the Resident Surgeon. Anyone doing so will not be again admitted. No visitor shall give any servant of the Institution any money or gratuity of any kind. Visitors are requested not to interfere with the Wardsmen or Nurses, and not disturb the patients by loud talking or unnecessary noise. Clergymen are admitted to the wards at all hours, but Bible-readers and all other persons visiting for religious purposes require a written order from a Member of the Committee, which order must be renewed yearly. They shall be admitted every afternoon from two to five o’clock pm., but males shall not be admitted to the female wards; and no on shall enter the fever wards. The Resident Surgeon position was replaced by the Medical Superintendent. Dr Thornton was first employed as a Resident Surgeon in 1887. That position name was changed Medical Superintendent in 1888. (Ref: Patrick, R. The Ipswich Hospital 1860-1991. p27 and Bye-Laws of Ipswich Hospital 1888. p.1) The Hospital Porter or Gatekeeper was in constant attendance, day and night except when given permission to leave by the Resident Surgeon. He kept a log of all persons who entered and left the hospital. He was given a small cottage at the gate which later became the hospital kiosk.

24.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum, today, pays tribute to the the graduating nurses of 1964.

24.01.2022 Congratulations to the second group of general nurse graduates in 1991.

23.01.2022 Ipswich Hospital's Children's Ward in 1927. Children were often brought out onto verandahs and courtyards for the fresh air and sunshine. Children were in hospital for weeks and sometimes months at the time. Mosquito nets can be seen on the testers of the beds. One of the young patients is in traction - the bottom of the bed is elevated on blocks and sandbags can be seen hanging from the traction frame as a counterweight. The nurse to the left in the darker material dress (...blue) with a veil is a staff nurse (graduate nurse), the nurse in the paler fabric dress is sister (registered nurse) and the nurses with the darker material dress with aprons and mop caps are student nurses. This ward was the old fever ward. When the Infectious Hospital (Epidemic) was opened over the road (over what is now Chelmsford Ave) and a larger ward was required for the children, they moved into the old Fever Ward. This ward was demolished when Sunshine Ward was built. See more

23.01.2022 It is the graduating nurses in midwifery in 1977 that the IHM pays tribute to today. Ipswich Hospital cared for an unusual case in 1977, the first case of cholera known to be contracted in Australia. The young patient and his mother (as a precaution) were from the Beaudesert region and were treated at the Ipswich Hospital.

22.01.2022 While undertaking research at the museum, the volunteers came across an old book labelled Stimulants Book. Further research found the following news article on Trove of a young female staff member admitted to the Ipswich Hospital and where very strong stimulants were used in her treatment. Knowing that drugs like adrenaline had not been discovered, the Stimulants Book gave us an insight into what may have been administered at the time. The news article read: . a fine y...oung woman of some twenty years of age, named Margaret Ryan, who was engaged as a housemaid at the Ipswich Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. She seemed a healthy and strong girl, and would have been the very last that one would have thought would readily succumb to disease. She complained for a day or two of a slight cold, but was in excellent spirits. On Monday evening she appeared in her usual health, but on the following night she complained of her chest and throat, and went to bed. During the night she continued to get worse, and on Wednesday Doctors Rowlands and Heeney were called in. The resident medical dispenser meantime had administered the usual remedies for affections such as the symptoms shown in this girl's case, but they were unavailing. Cupping, bleeding, and very strong stimulants were resorted to, but the poor girl gradually sank until she died within thirty-six hours of the first appearance of any alarming symptoms. The cause of death was attributed to pleurisy and congestion of the lungs combined. The death caused much astonishment from the unusual nature of the disease and the extreme suddenness with which its ravages culminated. [The Queenslander, August 2, 1873] The usual remedies included tepid baths, hot padded wraps of turpentine or camphor to the chest, and throat gargles; anti-fever medicines like willow bark and quinine and opioids given for pain. Cupping involved the application of a heated cup on the skin of the back, chest, abdomen, or buttocks. Sometimes the skin was scarified before the cups were applied this was called ‘wet cupping’. As the air in the cups cooled, it created a suction effect drawing blood to surface like a large bruise or through the cuts made on the skin. Bloodletting involved the opening of a vein and allowing the patient to bleed into a bowl. Both techniques were thought to assist with decreasing inflammation and to reduce fluid on the lungs. As you will see from the attached photograph, the stimulants were either brandy, whiskey, gin, wine, ale or porter. The very strong stimulants may have been the spirits shown in the book. See more

22.01.2022 It is the graduating nurses of 1968 that are recognised today by the IHM. Congratulations. 1968 was the year The Monkees visited Brisbane and other Australian cities. It was the year Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated. The popular movies were The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the scary Rosemary's Baby.... The Premier of Queensland, Jack Pizzey, died in office and his deputy, Gordon Chalk was sworn in as his successor until the appointment of Joh Bjelke-Petersen as Premier a week later. Margaret Fulton's Cookbook was first released. And, Australia’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet was opened. See more

22.01.2022 Today the Ipswich Hospital Museum pays tribute to the graduating nurses of 1961.

21.01.2022 The IHM recognises the Ipswich Hospital's graduate nurses of 1962 today.

21.01.2022 Congratulations to the graduating general nurses of 1985. Well done!

21.01.2022 It is the time to pay tribute to the graduating Ipswich Hospital nurses of 1960. Congratulations from the IHM. Big wave to our good friend and advisor in all things paediatric and hospital history, Steph Shannon.

20.01.2022 Our readers and followers may enjoy this presentation by Steph Shannon.

20.01.2022 Aerial photograph of Ipswich Hospital taken in the early 1990s.

20.01.2022 This week in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the IHM pays tribute to Dianne Koch. Di was born at Boonah and grew up on a farm in Kalbar. She trained at the Ipswich Hospital commencing a 4-year nurse training program in August 1968. Di says, as a student nurse we were often thrown into the deep end and training at Ipswich has helped me to survive anywhere. After graduating, Di undertook her Midwifery at Queen Victoria Hospital, Adelaide. From there she nu...Continue reading

20.01.2022 The IHM recognises the group of the final year of hospital-based trained general nurses at the Ipswich Hospital. Congratulations.

19.01.2022 It is the nurses of the 1956 graduating general nursing group that we recognise today.

19.01.2022 East Street approach to Ipswich Hospital in early 1990s

19.01.2022 Today, it is time to recognise the graduating nurses of 1965. Congratulations.

19.01.2022 It is the 1981 general nursing graduates that we pay tribute to today.

18.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum pays tribute to the graduating nurses of 1975. It was that year that Medibank was introduced and colour TV came to Australia

18.01.2022 The bye-laws of the Ipswich Hospital of 1882 also had rules relating to the patients. Here are the regulations for patients. I wonder what today’s patients would make of them? PATIENTS Patients shall conduct themselves orderly, and shall strictly observe the directions of the Resident Surgeon, Matron, Wardsmen, and Nurses. They shall take their medicines at the time directed, and they shall take no other medicines than those prescribed; and they shall not conceal or put away...Continue reading

17.01.2022 In this the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, it is fitting that we also acknowledge all the nurses who trained at the Ipswich Hospital. The museum has many photographs of groups of nurses prior to the hospital holding a formal nurses’ graduation but many are not identified, and we can only guess at dates. We do have photographs of each group who graduated from 1953 until 1993 when general nursing training ceased at the Ipswich Hospital. Today we acknowledge the g...raduating nurses of 1954. There will be several familiar faces for those of you who trained at the Ipswich Hospital. Some young fresh faces of future senior nurses, too. Also present in the group is Heather Macfarlane, the younger sister of Margaret Macfarlane who was the Director of Nursing (1967-1993) and who trained at the Ipswich Hospital in the 1940s. This photograph shows the 1954 graduates: Back row: Janice Berry, Margery Herlihen (now Bulmer) Middle row: Barbara Fielding, Valerie Wombold, Margaret Boulter, Lorna Atkinson, Margaret Cairns Front row: Claire Sutching, Doreen Reeves, Barbara Stephens, Heather Macfarlane, Eulalie Domjahn, Iris Hutchins See more

17.01.2022 Just a reminder, if you have not already registered to hear Steph Shannon's Chasing our Past On-Line presentation "Listen to the Children", then please do. You can register here: https://ipswich.spydus.com//WPAC/EVSESENQ/5582099/5165437,1 It is via Zoom which is easy to use and you can participate in the comfort of your own home. It is on Tuesday evening from 6pm - 7pm.... Steph and her staff wore a tabard over their uniforms to make it less intimidating to children than the stark white uniforms. On her apron were printed the words "Listen to the Children" - it was a reminder to her and her staff that the voices of the children in their care were important. She will tell the story of paediatric nursing at the Ipswich Hospital during her time working in the Children's Ward You do not need to be an Ipswich resident to register at the Ipswich Library for the session. So wherever you are you can join in and see the presentation.

17.01.2022 Today we recognise the graduating general nurses of 1979. 1979 saw more development at the hospital with patient accommodation extended with the building of the new High Rise. A new intensive care unit and new operating theatres.

17.01.2022 It is the graduating group of 1969 that the IHM salutes today. 1969 saw an all Australian men's singles final of the U.S. Open when Rod Laver won over fellow Aussie Tony Roche. Police procedural drama series Division 4 made its TV debut. We were all glued to the TV to watch man takes his first steps on the Moon. The rock musical Hair opened in Sydney.

16.01.2022 A couple of posts ago we told you of the administering of stimulants (alcohol such as brandy and gin) in the treatment of patients at the Ipswich Hospital in the 1870s/80s. Here is a case of snakebite reported in the QT on 13 May, 1873, where copious amounts of stimulants were used in the patient’s treatment: A dangerous case of snake-bite occurred on Wednesday last to Mrs. Joseph Walker, wife of a farmer residing at the Six-mile Peg. Walker keeps a small store for the ...accommodation of the railway labourers, and while his wife was handling some goods, a diamond snake sprang at her and fastened on her hand. She was naturally much overcome with fright, but ran to a neighbour’s, who pricked the flesh around the bitten part and rubbed in liquid ammonia, while a spring-cart was being got ready to bring her to town. Strong gin was given in quantities on the way into town until a whole bottle had been swallowed. Fortunately Dr. Von Lossberg was met with by the party coming to town at Bergin's, Booval. He cut out a piece of flesh and applied further quantities of ammonia, and also gave doses of ten drops to the patient, in gin, at intervals. The result proved to be successful, although it was a very dangerous case. The same woman has had two very narrow escapes since then from being bitten again, but managed to kill one of the snakes-a green one which had also got inside her house. Poor lady would have been paralytic by the time she reached hospital. Little was known of the species or venomousness of snakes at the time. The diamond snake is a type of python and as we know now, would have been a harmless bite.

16.01.2022 1974's graduating nurses are the group we recognise today. 1974 was the year where extensive redevelopment occurred with the Tower Block being added to the Administration Building and extensions and renovations to Maternity, kitchen and dining rooms with canteen, stores and new plant room.

14.01.2022 It is Remembrance Day - so at 11am today, please pause and remember all Australians who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. We will remember is particular our WW1 Ipswich Hospital Nurses Margaret Bourke Eva Frances Coote Eileen Cowen Flora Kay ... Rose Jane Langford Emily Clarice Lilla Mardon Clara Northall Elsie Jane Pollock Helen Richie Ruth Maughan Robson Jane Selina Robson Muriel Violet Rogers Annie Scott Annie M. Watson Margaret Young Winning And all Ipswich Hospital staff who have served in any war or armed conflict. We will remember them!

14.01.2022 The IHM pays tribute to the graduating nurses of the year 1967. In 1967 the Premier of Queensland was Frank Nicklin. It was the year the PM Harold Holt mysteriously disappeared while swimming off Portsea in Victoria. Ronald Ryan became the last man hanged in Australia. The postcode system of postal address coding was introduced throughout Australia. Uni students and others were protesting in the streets against not being able to protest and the Vietnam War.... We were singing along with little Johnny Farnham to Sadie (The Cleaning Lady). And we were watching the new ABC soap opera Bellbird on TV. See more

14.01.2022 We recognise the graduating nurses of 1966 today. In 1966: The Prime Minister was Harold Holt; Lord Casey was our GG. Prince Charles had arrived in Australia to attend Geelong Grammar School's exclusive Timbertop preparatory school. The Seekers returned to Australia for a triumphant concert tour. The Rolling Stones returned to Australia for their second tour... Bob Dylan made his first tour of Australia, supported by The Band Galilee won the Melbourne Cup "These Boots Are Made For Walkin''; "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"; "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" and "Hitch Hiker" were playing on our brand new transistor radios. And we were watching Homicide and The Mavis Bramston Show on the tellie. Congratulations nurses of 1966 See more

14.01.2022 The IHM volunteers received a wonderful surprise this week a portrait of Ipswich Hospital’s first matron Miss Ellen Raymond! We have a copy of one photograph of Ellen standing on the verandah of her brother, Robert Raymond’s house with several other people taken during celebrations of the Turning of the Sod for the Ipswich to Grandchester rail line in 1864. This photograph is too small to show Ellen's features. This portrait of Ellen is a studio photograph commissioned ...Continue reading

13.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum pays tribute to the graduating nurses of 1971. Congratulations Looking back on that year: Ipswich Hospital employed Assistants in Nursing to make up for a shortage of student nurses. Queenslanders were first asked about the introduction of daylight saving in the state. Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a State of Emergency to allow the touring South African Springboks football team to play. ... Sonia McMahon, wife of Prime Minister William McMahon, captured international attention when she wears a daring full-length dress, with a long slit down the sides revealing her legs, to a White House reception. Australia withdrew our troops from Vietnam. Neville Bonner became the first Indigenous Australian to sit as a member in the Parliament of Australia Pick-A-Box, hosted by Bob and Dolly Dyer, aired for the final time. See more

12.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum wishes to pay tribute to the nurses who graduated in general nursing in 1986. Congratulations.

12.01.2022 Today we acknowledge the graduation of the nurses in general nursing in Year 1955. Again some familiar faces amongst the group. Can anyone name the nurse in the insert for us?

12.01.2022 Ipswich General Hospital 1957. Must have been a hot summer day - the windows are all open wide to catch every breeze and the ice-cream van is parked outside.

12.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum is closed at the moment. We will let you know when we are open to the public again. We apologise for any inconvenience.

12.01.2022 It is the nurses of the 1957 graduating general nursing group that we recognise today. One of the changes you will note in the photograph is the nurses are now wearing veils instead of the mop caps which the student nurses wore in previous photographs. Thus, showing they were now registered nurses. The veils were made of voile. It was the time when fabric starch came in a packet and not a spray can and there were no steam irons. The starch was dissolved in a tub of water and... the item dipped in and ironed dry with a cloth over the fabric to prevent scorching and build-up of starch on the iron. Matron would not be pleased with a saggy veil. Veils made for easy identification of the registered nurses or sisters as they were called at the time. They were also impractical when giving patient care and moving between the curtains surrounding patients’ beds. It was a right of passage to wear a veil as impractical as it was entering the ward for the first time as a sister with a beautiful starched veil was both terrifying and exciting. See more

11.01.2022 Annual Student Ball July 1966 Browsing through the scrapbooks, volunteers at the Ipswich Hospital Museum came across a report in the Queensland Times of the Ipswich Hospital’s Annual Student Ball in July 1966. There were many dignitaries attending, but it was the nurses and doctor’s wives who received the recognition in the newspaper. No photographs sadly. The old newspapers were excellent in giving details of the dresses worn in those days and they did not fail us this tim...e. The article describes the dresses of: Matron Wilcox Matron Wilcox was frocked in a black lurex crepe full-length gown styled on straight lines. With this she teamed a brown fur cape, white gloves and black accessories. Mrs Chester Wilson (wife of Dr Chester Wilson) A green lame gown simply styled, with a fitted bodice and full skirt, was Mrs Wilson’s choice. A fur coat and matching green evening bag completed the ensemble. Sister Boulter A full-length black wool crepe gown styled on the empire line was worn by Sister Boulter. It featured a swathed skirt and round neckline trimmed with braided beading. A large button of the same material highlighted the centre of the bodice. She wore a silver grey fur stole and accessories of the same shade. Mrs Ted Reye (wife of Dr Ted Reye) Mrs Reye chose a green silk gown highlighted by a wide neckline with a collar and a pleated skirt. Her accessories were black. Sister Stephens Sister Stephens chose a gown with a blue silk shantung skirt and a black and gold lame bodice, with long sleeves. She completed the outfit with a black woollen stole and black accessories. Mrs Suchting (wife of Dr C. Suchting) Mrs Suchting’s frock was a black ribbon lace over satin styled on straight lines with a round neckline. Her accessories were black and a fur stole completed the ensemble. The ball was held in St Paul’s Memorial Hall and the report reads Balloons and streamers adorned the ballroom and ballgoers danced into the early hours of the morning. Let us hope no one was on early shift.

11.01.2022 Today, the IHM pays tribute to the graduate nurses of 1963.

10.01.2022 We have reached 1970 in our tribute to general nurses who graduated from the Ipswich Hospital. You may have noticed the graduates are now wearing disposable paper veils in place of the starched voile veils. The paper veils were usually sourced from Baxter and came in two styles - the ones you see the nurses wearing in this photograph - a stove-pipe style and a flat-top style was also available. 1970 was also the year the 840 hour curriculum was introduced into nursing education and the training reduced from 4 years to 3 years for new trainee nurses starting their training that year.

10.01.2022 Tributes today to the graduating general nurses in the first group of 1991. Congratulations!

09.01.2022 First Nurses Graduation Ceremony Ipswich Hospital held the first graduation ceremony for general nurses on March 4, 1953. Nurses had completed their general training at the hospital but never before had their been a formal ceremony. Matron Wilcox convinced the Board to hold the ceremony. The certificates and badges were presented to the nurse by the then Queensland Health Minister, Mr W.M. Moore. During his speech, he said he believed this was the first such ceremony in Queen...sland. The photograph shows the graduating nurses who were: Back row: Joan Walker. Adele Trigge, Dawn Campbell, Joan Lyle, Shirley Evans, Rosemary Greet. Front Row: Fay Barlow, Beverley Grant, Ruth Sawtell-Harrigan, Rosemary Fitzgerald, Beryl Reeves. The graduating nurses formed part of a 40 nurse choir who entertained the honoured guests and nurses' families. The nurses recited the Nightingale Pledge and each carried a lantern symbolising Florence Nightingale. The Ipswich Hospital Museum will update the cover photo with a photograph of each graduation general nurses group from 1953 through to the last such ceremony in 1993 when there was no more general training at the Ipswich Hospital.

09.01.2022 The IHM pays tribute to the graduating nurses of the year 1967. In 1967 the Premier of Queensland was Frank Nicklin. It was the year the PM Harold Holt mysteriously disappeared while swimming off Portsea in Victoria. Ronald Ryan became the last man hanged in Australia. The postcode system of postal address coding was introduced throughout Australia. Uni students and others were protesting in the streets against not being able to protest and the Vietnam War.... We were singing along with little Johnny Farnham to Sadie (The Cleaning Lady). And we were watching the new ABC soap opera Bellbird on TV. See more

09.01.2022 A sketch of the Ipswich Hospital published in the QT on June 6, 1946. Take from Trove article: 1946 'MODERN STYLE FOR IPSWICH HOSPITAL', Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954), 6 June, p. 2. (DAILY), viewed 01 Apr 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114564254

09.01.2022 An aerial photograph of the Ipswich Hospital campus taken in the late 1990s or early 2000s. The East Street Entrance; the original old hospital buildings and medical wards; Sunshine Ward (then known as AGRU - Active Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit) and Chelmsford had all been demolished to make way for new wards, hospital services and administration areas. A multi-story car park had been erected across the road and linked by a walkway to the new Chelmsford Ave entrance to the hospital. The Renal Unit can be seen in the upper-middle-left of the photo where old Epidemic had once stood. The Jubilee Building became the oldest building on the hospital campus.

09.01.2022 We would like to pay tribute to the midwives who graduated in 1978, today.

09.01.2022 Staff at the Ipswich Hospital have begun being vaccination for COVID-19 so it was interesting to come across records of past staff vaccinations records - some dating back to 1924. The Museum has an incredibly old book recording staff vaccinations for Typhoid Fever. The book titled ‘Record of Anti-Typhoid Injections Ipswich Hospital’. The book records vaccinations given to staff from 1924 until 1957 when it went to a different record system. There are some familiar nurses’ n...ames on the 1957 page. It would appear there were three injections given one week apart. We also found a newspaper article reporting on the vaccination of Ipswich Hospital Staff in 1969 for the Hong Kong Flu. The vaccination was given prior to the expected arrival of the flu which was epidemic in the Northern Hemisphere in late 1968 - early 1969. The headline is misleading as it gives the impression it was only to be administered to doctors, but it was given to all hospital staff. See more

08.01.2022 It is the graduating group of 1969 that the IHM salutes today. 1969 saw an all Australian men's singles final of the U.S. Open when Rod Laver won over fellow Aussie Tony Roche. Police procedural drama series Division 4 made its TV debut. We were all glued to the TV to watch man takes his first steps on the Moon. The rock musical Hair opened in Sydney.

07.01.2022 Today, the IHM recognises the graduating nurses of 1976. 1976 was the year cigarette and tobacco advertising was banned on television and radio and Medibank Private entered the private health insurance business.

07.01.2022 Where Are They Now? For a period of 36 years the Catherine Evans Memorial Prize was awarded to a graduate nurse completing her four years general training at the Ipswich Hospital. The prize was given for general conduct, character, popularity, ward reports, practical nursing ability and examination results. The selectors were the Medical Superintendent, Matron, Deputy Matron, Tutor Sister and the Chairman of the Hospital Board. The prize was a badge with the hospital crest an...d the words Catherine Evans Memorial. Catherine Evans trained at the hospital from 1930 1934. She was a most respected nurse and mentor. She was the Deputy Matron at one time. Sister Evans died young from leukaemia in February 1955. The Ipswich Hospital Trained Nurses Association decided to honour her memory with the Catherine Evans Memorial Prize. The first Catherine Evans Memorial Prize was awarded in 1956 by Dr Trumpy to Joy McElwaine at the 1956 graduation ceremony. The last recipient, in the final graduating class of Ipswich Hospital trained nurses in 1992, was Maria Van de Weyer. As it is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife a special year to pay tribute to all Ipswich Hospital Nurses, Ipswich Hospital Museum wants to follow up on the careers of these outstanding nurses. Are you one of them or do you know any of them? Catherine Evans Memorial Prize Recipient List 1956 Joy McElwaine 1957 Thelma Lotz 1958 Merle Jackson Mar 1959 Kathleen Hayes Dec 1959 Lynette Holmes 1960 Glenys Mary Hobbins 1961 Esme Jensen 1962 Heather Middleton 1963 Melva Welch 1964 Daphne Pocock 1965 Valmai Bradford 1966 Pamela Jane Blair 1967 Emily Weatherhead 1968 Margaret Bailey 1969 D.L. Lane 1970 Valerie Haughton 1971 Cheryl Powter 1972 Cheryl Weston 1973 Cheryl Dawson 1974 H. McKenzie 1975 Ruth Handyasyde 1976 J. Pinch 1977 B.L. Anderson 1978 H.L Huth 1979 C.I. Price 1980 K.F. Dick 1981 C.A. Horton 1982 Christina Logan-Moore 1983 D.J. Markham 1984 R.L. Pike 1985 C.R. Van Dyken 1986 O.A. West 1987 K.J. Mott 1988 V.A.G. Mather 1989 K. Gough 1990 M. Zerner 1991 Delwyn Hyde 1992 Maria Van De Weyer See more

06.01.2022 Continuing our tribute to Ipswich Hospital nurses in this the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the Ipswich Hospital Museum would like to recognise Bernadette (Bernie) Hartfiel (nee Elmore) who trained at the Ipswich Hospital - graduating in 1972. Bernie worked as a Registered Nurse at the hospital for 6 months after completing her training and then chose to enter the Community Nursing field. She worked for the Blue Nursing Services from May 1972 until June 1973 before leaving...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Today we salute the general nurse graduates of 1958. Again, a number of familiar faces.

04.01.2022 The Ipswich Hospital Museum pays tribute to the graduating nurses of 1971. Congratulations Looking back on that year: Ipswich Hospital employed Assistants in Nursing to make up for a shortage of student nurses. Queenslanders were first asked about the introduction of daylight saving in the state. Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a State of Emergency to allow the touring South African Springboks football team to play. ... Sonia McMahon, wife of Prime Minister William McMahon, captured international attention when she wears a daring full-length dress, with a long slit down the sides revealing her legs, to a White House reception. Australia withdrew our troops from Vietnam. Neville Bonner became the first Indigenous Australian to sit as a member in the Parliament of Australia Pick-A-Box, hosted by Bob and Dolly Dyer, aired for the final time. See more

04.01.2022 Today, the Ipswich Hospital Museum recognises the general nurses graduating in December 1959.

04.01.2022 Today we recognise the second graduating general nurses of the Ipswich Hospital in 1990. Congratulations.

03.01.2022 We are 3/4 through the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and today the IHM recognises the general nurses of the March 1959 graduating group.

03.01.2022 Today we recognised the nurses who graduated in 1972. Congratulations. The nurses are wearing the flat top, paper veils in this photograph.

02.01.2022 It is the graduating nurses of 1968 that are recognised today by the IHM. Congratulations. 1968 was the year The Monkees visited Brisbane and other Australian cities. It was the year Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated. The popular movies were The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the scary Rosemary's Baby.... The Premier of Queensland, Jack Pizzey, died in office and his deputy, Gordon Chalk was sworn in as his successor until the appointment of Joh Bjelke-Petersen as Premier a week later. Margaret Fulton's Cookbook was first released. And, Australia’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet was opened. See more

01.01.2022 Today, IHM recognises the general nursing graduates of 1987. It was in 1987 the title of 'Nursing Superintendent' (the senior nurse in charge of nursing at the hospital) was changed to 'Director of Nursing'. The term 'Matron' had been dropped in 1975. One hundred years before in 1887 work commenced on the first Children's Ward of the hospital - the Jubilee Ward. It opened in 1889. The second story to the Jubilee Building was added in 1907 as accommodation for nurses.

01.01.2022 Aerial photograph of the Ipswich Hospital taken in 1966. The photograph is taken from the ENE with Churchill Street at the bottom and meeting East Street at the bottom right. Chelmsford Ave can be seen to the to the south and left of the hospital campus. Nicholas Street can be to the west and top of the photograph and Court Street to the right and running down the right side of the photograph to meet East Street. At the very top of the photograph and backing on to Nicholas S...treet is Trumpy House the nurses’ quarters; to the right of that and at the right edge of the photograph is the Medical Superintendent’s residence. In front of Trumpy House, on the left is Chelmsford House and to the right of that is Barnett House all nurses’ accommodation. The Nurses’ Laundry was to the rear of Chelmsford House. Below the Med Super’s residence on Court Street is the Night Nurses Quarters. Continuing down Court Street below Night Nurses is the Doctor’s Quarters and below that is Passionfruit Villa, then the Education Centre (A.E. Wilcox School of Nursing) and at the front of there is Jubilee Building with Matron’s flat on the first floor and the Catherine Evans’ Nurses’ Library on the ground floor. Are you still with me or have your eyes glazed over? In front of Barnett House is the Sunshine Ward with Women’s Medical on the top floor and Children’s Ward and Children’s Operating Theatre on the bottom floor. To the left on the Chelmsford Ave side is the Boiler House and Laundry. Across Chelmsford Ave at the top left of the photograph is the Morgue. I am sure a few of the staff can tell some funny stories about taking bodies to the morgue when it was OVER the road. In front of the Laundry is the original Female Ward. To its right is the original hospital building. The octagonal wing on its left was the original operating theatre and in 1966 was the Red Cross Rooms and part of Pathology. At the back of the original hospital building was the other part of Pathology. The right wing was the Male Ward with Xray at the front just near the walkway from the East Street building. The kitchen and dining rooms were also on ground floor. In front of the Female Ward is the Tennis Court. We need some help to identify the building beside the tennis court. Right of the Tennis Court is the old Kiosk. To the right of that is the East Street Building with the Operating Theatres at the rear, top floor was Orthopaedics, Male Surgical, Intermediate and Intensive Care; middle floor was Women’s Surgical and Intermediate; ground floor was Casualty, Administration and Switch at the front and OPD bottom left. At the bottom of the photograph is the Maternity Hospital with the Private Ward on the upper floor and Public Ward on the ground floor. See more