Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum
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.
| Established | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Location | Darwin, NT, Australia |
| Coordinates | 12.372234°S 130.868523°E |
| Curator | Janie Mason[1][2] |
Establishment
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
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]
Notable Northern Territory nurses
- Rona Glynn (1936–1965)
- Ruth Heathcock (1901–1995)
- Ellen Kettle (c.1922–1999)
- Hannah Wood (c. 1827–1903)
References
- "Janie Mason | Charles Darwin University". www.cdu.edu.au. 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.