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Nimmitabel Medical Centre
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Photo courtesy of John Killip
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NIMMITABEL
BUSH NURSING ASSOCIATION
Established 10"' November 1919. First Nurse was
Jane Hume there is no mention of where the nurse lived, or where her
surgery was situated.
1924 The trustees of the late John Geldmacher's estate,
furnished a Bush Nursing Home, which was registered as a medical Surgical
and lying-in Private Hospital, Sister Brooks was installed in the home in
November 1924.
1925 First grant was received from Central Council since the inception of
the center.
1926 Improvements made to the comfort of the center
(there is no mention of what the improvements were) |
1928 More improvements made (no mention of what they were)
1929 More Improvements made
1941 The Geldmacher estate made repairs to the cottage and gave a cash donation
of 50/-/- Pound. Lord & Lady Wakehurst visited the centre during the year.
1943 Repairs and painting of the exterior of the cottage carried out by the
Geldmacher estate.
1945 Centre Closed 30/6/1945 to 27/11/1945 (no nurse available)
1946 Centre Closed 1/6/1946 to 29/10/1946 (no nurse available)
1948 Centre Closed 19/10/1947 to 2/3/1948,
Electricity connected to the cottage. Costs were paid by the Geldmacher estate.
1949 The centre operating under Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Witton and Rayner were the first babies born at the centre.
1920-Committee
President. Mr P. REED,
Vice-Presidents: Mesdames Con Buckley and E. Mudie Messrs: A.C. Harvey and P.P.
Mooney
Hon; Treasurer; Mr M.T. Morton
Hon Secretary: Mr A. Poole
Members: Messrs: Con Buckley, Geo; Clarke, W. Clarke, D. Driscoll Jn; Evans, J.
Jardine, T. Kelly, Jn; Mooney, P. O'Neil O.E. Silk, W. Turner, E. Thornton, F.
White, G, Wright and C. Witts. Mesdames: P.P. Heyde, A.
Malane, Jas Thornton Miss Holmes. Nurse. Miss Jane Hume from November 1919.
1921 Committee:
President: G.C. Bondfield
Vice Presidents: Mesdames Mudie and Hector McDonald Messrs, A.C. Harvey and A.
Poole
Hon Treasurer: Mr M.T. Morton
Hon Secretary Mr W.L. Turner
Members: Mesdames Bondfield, Harvey, Reed, Misses Caldwell, Holmes, Jardine.
Messers: J. Buckley, Geo; Clarke, Will Clarke, J. Evans D. Driscoll E.B. Fagan,
J. Green, J. Jardine, B.G. Buckley, T.C. Kelly, J. Mooney, P.F. Mooney, J.
O'Neill,P. Reed O.E. Silk, J. Sims, A.P. Thomas, P. White, W. Wright.
Nurse. Miss Jane Hume.
1922 Committee:
President G.C. Bonifield.
Vice Presidents: Mesdames Mudie, H.A. McDonald Messrs Jno; Mooney, A. Poole Ron;
Treasurer Mr M.T. Morton Hon Secretary Mr W.L. Turner.
Members:P. Reed, M.T. Morton, Jno; Jardine, O.E. Silk, Jno; Mooney T.C. Kelly,
W. Clarke, Jno; Evans, A.P. Thomas, D. Driscoll, J. Sims, G. Clarke, W.L.
Turner, P.F. Mooney, J.P. O'Neill, B.G. Kelly, J. Green, J. Buckley, A. Poole,
G.W. Wright, G.C. Bondfield, H. McDonald, R.K. Draper, W.H. Face, R.J. Williams,
T. King, R. Campbell, W. James, Amos Smith C. Kenbody, W.B. Dunning G.C. Arnott,
Mesdames Mudie Jardine, Reed, H.A. McDonald, Bondfield, Ireland, Turner, Thomas
. Misses: Caldwell and Holmes.
Nurse Miss Thompson.
This information was put together by Leon Weston from
Minutes held by Roger Haylock, the material was submitted by Margaret Weston who
also makes the following reflections. " There was an entry in the Silk
History (at the 2003 Back to Nimitybelle Celebrations), where Noel (Mick) George
Silk was born to Olga and Fred Silk on 21st December 1924 at Nimmitabel,"
also " our daughter Colleen was born there on 10th June 1964, when I
failed to make it any further (9 kms!). I am sure she would have been the last
baby born there. Sister Philip was the Sister in Charge at that time.
Transcribed by Pattrick Mould 2003
HONOR
ROLL – NIMMITABEL BUSH NURSING ASSN
TAKEN FROM “THE
NIMITYBELLE NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921
Financial
Members – 1921
In
order to prevent misunderstanding, we wish to point out that the financial year
commences on 1st January
and not from the date a member joins. All members on the present list will
become unfinancial on 31st December 1921
Dave
McDonald
Miss Lou Summerell
WB Dunning
Fred Freebody
AP Thomas
Mrs W Patterson
MT Morton
Fred Driscoll
Wm Hutchison
Mrs Jas. Butler
A James (Sug)
Jno. McDonald
PF Mooney
Jas. Sims
G Brady
Arch McDonald
Percy White
TL Meyers
Frank Baker
Donald Rankin
TC Kelly
Miss Mary Slavin
Jos. James Jnr
John Stokes
Robt. O’Brien
Albert Helmers
J Peters (Nobby)
TP Morrissey
W Stewart
W Summerell
Reg Jardine
WT Sykes
Cecil Rankin
Arthur Toovey
Thos. Peters Snr
Thomas King
Jas. Tindall
Percy Kirwan
A Poole
Alf James
Mrs B Campbell
GC Bondfield
Mrs J Lucas
Allan O’Reilly
Joseph Sims
Amos Smith
Les Poole
CB Baker
Mel Thornton
Robt. Tombs
RH McDonald
Patrick Thornton
HA McDonald
John Buckley
Mrs W Bradford
G Elphick
RK Draper
A Knight
John Jardine
P Heyde
Bert Burke
Joseph James
John Mooney
AO Harvey
G Fakhry
Chas. Freebody
John Evans
EA Taylor
J Mergan
L Geraghty
Thos. Peters (Kydra)
Sid Walter
DM Thornton
W Burke
Mrs Mullane
W Walker
Gilbert Holmes
Jas. Peters
Luke Summerell
Basil Sheils
Mrs Agnes Holmes
RJ Williams
Henry Taylor
W Tozer
Robt. Holmes
Jas. Stokes
Alf Baker
Tob. Kirwan
Percy Reed
WM Thornton
Harry James
DJ O’Mara
Henry Holmes
DS Thomson
Constable Byers
Thos. Holdsworth
D Driscoll
Jas. Thornton
O C Williams
CF Witts
P O’Neill
W Clark
E Moore
Clive Sheils
Mrs Mudie
Roy Clark
Thos. Peters (Nimit)
HP McDonald
Sergeant Face
Miss K Clark
Charles Alcock
A Residant
Jno. Cochrane
Mrs Compton
Carl Buckley
Arthur Kelly
Geo. Robinson
M Peacock
RP Mudie
PW Jenkins
Walter Roach
Fred Johnson
Alf Ireland
Jno. Geraghty
Wm. James
A Campbell
M Roach
J Maloney
Rod McDonald
Sid Caldwell
F Viles
J Thornton
Cecil Rankin
J Peters (Lorrie)
B Bell
J Webster
Geo. Sykes
W Freebody
J Green
N Bradford
Jno H Thornton
Cyril Thornton
BG Kelly
J Pratt
Chas R Baker
John Burke
AE Thornton
GC Arnott (Kydra)
Randolph Rankin
Jos. Fakhry
GS Raynor
GW Wright
Geo. Sims
Alex McDonald
Mrs R Baker
JE Wright
Miss Lucy Sims
WL Turner
Miss J Austin
Charles Buckley
W Morton
W Platts
Mrs M Thornton
Jas. H Thornton
OFFICIAL
COLLECTORS – MESSRS DAVE McDONALD & MEL THORNTON
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