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BUSH NURSES Annabelle Brayley (Ed) - PB 2014 True Stories Remote Nsg
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Like-new glossy softcover, cover and pages are unmarked. Includes eight pages of black and white and colour photographs.
292 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Penguin Group (Australia), 2014. The attached photograph of the actual item forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780143571407
It takes something special to be a bush nurse working in rural and remote Australia. These remarkable women patch people up and keep them alive while waiting for the doctor to arrive. They drive the ambulances, operate the clinics and deliver the babies. They are on call around the clock and there are no days off. They often make do with whatever is at hand while working in some of the most isolated places on the planet. Be they devastating family tragedies, close scrapes with bushfires or encounters with true larrikins of the outback, some stories will make your hair stand on end, others will make you laugh and some will make your cry. With tales from Birdsville to Bedourie, Oodnadatta to Uluru, you'll be amazed at the courage and resourcefulness of these nurses who have been the backbone of medical practice in remote Australia for more than a hundred years.
The nurses featured in this book include Annabelle Brayley, Judi Bain, Chris Haar, Monica Ostigh, Lyn Byers, Audrey Aspeling, Pip Hacon, Mavis Gaff-Smith, Roma Hanley, Beverley, Mary Elizabeth Rogasch, Jean Herd Mittelheuser, Beryl Scott, Marilyn Watson, Midge Morrison, Christina Mowbray, Fay Tilmouth, Lyn Barter, Anne Kidd, Eleanor Boxsell, Maggie Wade, Jill Carroll Macdonald, Dee Crotty, Alice Martin, Christine Sinclair Patt, Edith McQuade White, Margaret Hanlon Dunn, Sue Nilon, Michelle Meehan, June Andrew, Jo Laurie Fort, Jo Appoo, Sarah Emily Hamm, Vanessa Page, Tess Robinson, Ruth Tye, Tony Wells, Rhonda Smith, Vikki Robertson, Dulcie Peel Andrew, Kari Richter, Molly Cobden, Monica Mary Brown, Anna Burley, Christine Foletti, Jane Clarke, Stephen Fuller, Judy Whitehead, Lisa Smith, Dasee Gugeri, Jennifer Bailey, Janine Hawkes, Shelley Munro, Kathy Wooldridge, Nan Farmer, Aggie Harpham, Faye Laackman Smith, Sue Leverton, Sandy Hanson, Marcel Corinne Campbell, Tere Garnons-Williams, John Wright, Lenny Cooper, Maree O'Hara, Ely Taylor, and Catherine Ryan.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
292 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Penguin Group (Australia), 2014. The attached photograph of the actual item forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780143571407
It takes something special to be a bush nurse working in rural and remote Australia. These remarkable women patch people up and keep them alive while waiting for the doctor to arrive. They drive the ambulances, operate the clinics and deliver the babies. They are on call around the clock and there are no days off. They often make do with whatever is at hand while working in some of the most isolated places on the planet. Be they devastating family tragedies, close scrapes with bushfires or encounters with true larrikins of the outback, some stories will make your hair stand on end, others will make you laugh and some will make your cry. With tales from Birdsville to Bedourie, Oodnadatta to Uluru, you'll be amazed at the courage and resourcefulness of these nurses who have been the backbone of medical practice in remote Australia for more than a hundred years.
The nurses featured in this book include Annabelle Brayley, Judi Bain, Chris Haar, Monica Ostigh, Lyn Byers, Audrey Aspeling, Pip Hacon, Mavis Gaff-Smith, Roma Hanley, Beverley, Mary Elizabeth Rogasch, Jean Herd Mittelheuser, Beryl Scott, Marilyn Watson, Midge Morrison, Christina Mowbray, Fay Tilmouth, Lyn Barter, Anne Kidd, Eleanor Boxsell, Maggie Wade, Jill Carroll Macdonald, Dee Crotty, Alice Martin, Christine Sinclair Patt, Edith McQuade White, Margaret Hanlon Dunn, Sue Nilon, Michelle Meehan, June Andrew, Jo Laurie Fort, Jo Appoo, Sarah Emily Hamm, Vanessa Page, Tess Robinson, Ruth Tye, Tony Wells, Rhonda Smith, Vikki Robertson, Dulcie Peel Andrew, Kari Richter, Molly Cobden, Monica Mary Brown, Anna Burley, Christine Foletti, Jane Clarke, Stephen Fuller, Judy Whitehead, Lisa Smith, Dasee Gugeri, Jennifer Bailey, Janine Hawkes, Shelley Munro, Kathy Wooldridge, Nan Farmer, Aggie Harpham, Faye Laackman Smith, Sue Leverton, Sandy Hanson, Marcel Corinne Campbell, Tere Garnons-Williams, John Wright, Lenny Cooper, Maree O'Hara, Ely Taylor, and Catherine Ryan.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:07/03/2024
- Last Edited:07/03/2024
- Condition:Used
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