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====== Nursing with Royal Far West ======

Two photos from Nora Boyd's album((Provenance: J. Godden)): children being treated by the Royal Far West (then called Far West Children’s Health Scheme):

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The following are from the Royal Far West's //Annual Reports//: 

1945: {{:nora_rfw_1945.jpg?400|}}\\

The 1946 //Annual Report// noted that Sister Murray-Prior had her headquarters at Inverell and was doing ‘excellent work.\\

1947: {{:sr_nora_rfw_report.jpg?400|}}\\

1948:{{:sr_nora_rfw_p1_of_2.jpg?400|}} {{:sr_nora_rfw_p2_or_2.jpg?400|}}

The 1949 //Annual Report//, p.11 reported that she had resigned in order to marry. 

The nurses' conventional and highly religious view on women's roles is obvious in their farewell present (the explanation that it was a parting gift is in the handwriting of B.I. M-P)):
{{:homely_talk_page.jpg?400|}} And a sample page, the final one in the book: {{:homely_talks_final_p.jpg?400|}}