The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. SCENE IN THE KITCHEN OF STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME, AN ESTABLISHMENT CONTROLLED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IN A PALATIAL HOME THAT ONCE WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA. THE KITCHEN STAFF ARE VOLUNTARY WORKERS WHO BY THEIR EFFORTS PREPARE MEALS THREE TIMES DAILY FOR 150 PATIENTS. MRS R. JACKMAN, ASSISTANT CHEF (LEFT) AND MRS S. LAPIN, AN AUXILIARY COOK, ARE SEEN PREPARING AN EVER POPULAR MEAL OF FISH AND CHIPS. MRS LAPIN ATTENDS ON FIVE AFTERNOONS EACH WEEK.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. PRIVATE WHITE, AN INMATE OF STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME IS SEEN OPERATING A HAND LOOM IN MAKING A SILK SCARF, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FORMS OF HANDICRAFTS INDULGED IN AT
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. THE MATRON OF STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME, MATRON E. HOWES ROBERTS, IS SEEN IN HER OFFICE DISCUSSING RED CROSS MATTERS WITH SISTER HAMMON (LEFT). THIS CONVALESCENT HOME I
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. HANDICRAFTS AT STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME, OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IN A PALATIAL HOME THAT WAS ONCE THE RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA. IN T
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. A CORNER OF THE LARGE WORKSHOP OF THE STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME, OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IN THE PALATIAL HOME THAT WAS ONCE THE RESIDENCE OF THE GO
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. WARD 2 OF THE STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. THE BUILDING WAS ONCE THE PALATIAL HOME OF THE GOVERNORS OF VICTORI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. VIEW FROM ONE OF THE WARDS OF STONNINGTON CONVALESCENT HOME. AS THE BODY HEALS SO DOES THE MIND UNDER SUCH EXCELLENT AND EXHILARATING CIRCUMSTANCES AS IS SEEN IN THIS PICTU
