Skip to main content

Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
Nurses leaving Blackfriars Depot, Chippendale 1919

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Nurses leaving Blackfriars Depot, Chippendale 1919

Contributed By

State Archives & Records New South Wales

[NRS4481_St6674]

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

Epidemics Sydney The Red Cross in Sydney in World War One

Subjects

Epidemics Motor bikes Nursing

Events

Spanish influenza epidemic 1918-19

Organisation

Blackfriars Public School

Places

Chippendale

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Blog
Facebook
Twitter

State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

Epidemics

From the new European diseases that devastated Sydney's Aboriginal people in the eighteenth century, through subsequent epidemics of measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza and HIV, Sydney has faced major threats from epidemic disease. Religion, media, and public health responses influenced the degree of panic and scapegoating that took place, though effective treatments were not in place until well into the twentieth century.

Sydney

Founded by Europeans as a social experiment, Sydney's beginnings brought death and dispossession to the original inhabitants of the place, as well as surprising freedom and prosperity to many of the convicts. Over its history, the city's growth has been shaped by factors that are common to many cities, but also by unique forces. In the twenty-first century, for the first time, the idea of sustainable progress is itself in doubt.

The Red Cross in Sydney in World War One

A Sydney branch of the British Red Cross was formed in 1913 and it, and a host of new branches, joined the national movement at the outbreak of World War One in August 1914. The earliest activities were training in first aid and home nursing as pre-requisites for membership of Voluntary Aid Detachments. At a local level Red Cross workers undertook sewing, knitting and fundraising, all the while being encouraged to see themselves at 'ministering angels'.

Epidemics

Nursing

Motor bikes

Spanish influenza epidemic 1918-19

Influenza pandemic which lasted from March 1918 to June 1920 and is estimated to have resulted in over 25 million deaths worldwide.

full record »

Blackfriars Public School

Victorian Gothic school built to house up to 1,500 students which introduced 'Montessori' teaching methods in 1906 and later became a teachers' college.

full record »

Chippendale

full record »

Inner-city suburb on the land of the Gadigal people which was developed for farming and industry with dense, working-class housing during the nineteenth century, now undergoing gentrification.