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A Vision for the Bush: The NSW Bush Nursing Association 1911-1974 By R. Lynette Russell and Judith A. Cornell (Burwood, Australia: Australian College of Nursing, 2012) (170 pages, $33.00 softcover)
Providing nursing care to rural areas is an aspect of nursing conjuring ro- mantic images of heroic nurses prevailing in extreme conditions to provide nursing care to those in need. Although noble in intent, implementation of nursing care to a vulnerable population generally arises from an identified need to improve the health of people within a specific area. Such is the found- ing of The NSW (New South Wales) Bush Nursing Association in Australia well described by R. Lynette Russell and Judith A. Cornell in A Vision for the Bush: The NSW Bush Nursing Association 1911-1974. Russell and Cornell's history of the NSW Bush Nursing Association draws from archives found in the Australian College of Nursing Archives including an unpublished history of this organization.
Th e founding of many organizations dedicated to caring for the health of settlers in English Commonwealth countries oftentimes originated with spouses of government officials. After touring the outback areas of Australia, the Countess of Dudley recognized the need for improving the health of those living...