Qualifying as a mothercraft nurse involved months of study and training in the care of infants and young children (generally up to three years of age). The Alexandra Home for Mothers and Babies (Inc) and Mothercraft Training School, and it's successor, Ngala Mothercraft Home and Training Centre Inc., served as Western Australia's mothercraft nurse training schools.
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 25 October 2011, Last modified: 27 February 2015
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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