vii 2578 pages, indexed, illustrated. There is a gift inscription on the front end paper and the covers, edges are lightly bumped, else an immaculate copy. CONTENTS: 1) Origins of the nursing tradition - 2) Nightingale nurses in Australia - 3) Nurses on wheels - District nursing - 4) Nurses on Horseback- Bush nursing 5) Save the Babies - Infant welfare - 6) Border nurses - 7) Male nurses - 8) Army nurses - Interlude- Expanding horizons - 9) Nurses with banners - The 1985 strike -10) One Nurse's Story [Elizabeth Burchill's story].