Nurse Memorials
Throughout Australia
1915 - 2017 http://www.ww1propaganda.com/sites/default/files/3g07754u
Billie Townsend
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1 Aim
- Overview of nurse memorials between the years of 1915 to 2017
- Value placed on the nursing profession.
- Snapshot of methods I have used
- Three timeframes of memorial analysis -
- Great War
- Second World War
- Modern Memorials 2 237 Nurse Memorials in Australia
108 Urban Memorials 46%
129 Rural and Regional 54% Memorials
University of Wollongong 2017 3 First World War
• 1914 to 1918
• 3,000 Australian civilian nurses
• 25 nurses died during service
4 University of Wollongong 2017 Nurse Memorial Construction per Decade
2010s 19 2000s 22 1990s 22 1980s 4 1970s 1 1960s 4 1950s 10 1940s 6 1930s 12 1920s 36 1910s 18
0 10 20 30 40
University of Wollongong 2017 5 Urban and Rural Centres 1915 -1929
28%
72%
Rural Urban 6 University of Wollongong 2017 St Mathews Anglican Church Honour Roll Rye Park Victoria, 1918
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 7 2017 8 Nanango War Memorial, Nanango Queensland 1920
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 9 2017 Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 10 2017 Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 11 2017 Barcaldine War Memorial Barcaldine, Queensland 1924
12 Second World War
• 1939 to 1945
• 5,000 Australian nurses served
• 78 nurses died
13 Nurse Memorials per Decade
2010s 19 2000s 22 1990s 22 1980s 4 1970s 1 1960s 4 1950s 10 1940s 6 1930s 12 1920s 36 1910s 18
0 10 20 30 40 14 University of Wollongong 2017 Rural and Urban Centres 1943 - 1959
19%
81%
Rural Urban 15 Olive Paschke Sundial Dimboola, Victoria, 1949
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 16 2017 Mona Wilton Memorial Warrnambool Base Hospital, Warrnambool Victoria 1953
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 17 2017 Modern Memorials
* 1990s - 2017
18 Univeristy of Wollongong 2017 Nurse Memorial Construction per Decade
2010s 19 2000s 22 1990s 22 1980s 4 1970s 1 1960s 4 1950s 10 1940s 6 1930s 12 1920s 36 1910s 18 19 0 10 20 30 40 Urban and Rural Memorials 1990 - 2017 40%
60%
20 Anzac Walk Brisbane, Queensland, 1992
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 21 2017 The Australian Service Nurses Memorial Anzac Parade Canberra, 1999
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 22 2017 23 Lemnos Commemorative Memorial Statue Albert Victoria, 2015
24 Summary
• Nurse memorials dominate 1920s, and their popularity increased again in the 1990s.
• Most prolific nursing group honoured in memorials are the Great War nurses.
• largest amount of nurse commemoration was created in small, rural communities
• From the 1940s, we see nurse memorials become more personalised
• 1990s, memorials move away from personal dedication into national memory.
Billie Townsend Univeristy of Wollongong 25 2017