Australian Nursing and Midwifery History Project

Achieving aims and objectives

Supporting the preservation of historical materials

There are many resources you can access if you are interested in preserving nursing and midwifery historical material. Some publications are listed here. If in doubt, contact your state museum for more information.

• Heritage Management Models
  • Austech Heritage Documentation Management System (HDMS) http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/HDMS/
  • South East Sydney Area Health Service: Health Heritage Preservation Committee Policy http://www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/csppint/Publications/Other/heritage%20policy.asp


• Best Practice Resources
  There is a most useful resource section of the MFG (NSW) web site
  • Museum Methods - available from Museums Australia
  • Community Culture & Place: A local government handbook for museums. (2000) Ed. Shar jones. NSW Ministry for the Arts
  • Preserving our Heritage - a 2 part video-resource which includes topices such as the care of photographic material, paper products, books, care and storage of maps and plans and disaster planning - available from the Australian Society of Archivist.
  • Caring for your wartime memorabilia. Dept. Veterans Affairs Canberra (2001)