Name/TitleBadge: Registered Nurse (RN)
Document: Mary Attenborough

About this objectThe Nurses Registration Act was passed in 1920. After this year all qualified nurses were registered and issued with a badge by the Nurses Board of South Australia (NBSA). The badge is circular with a small crown at the top, made of gold plated base metal with blue enamel border and shield.

This badge belonged to Mary Bowers Attenborough. Engraved on reverse, ‘M B Attenborough’ ‘3499’.

Included with the badge is a reference from Sir Henry Simpson Newland and copies of photographs of Mary Attenborough.

MakerS. Schlank & Co (S .S & Co)

Maker RoleManufacturer

Date MadeCa 1930

Place MadeAdelaide, Australia

Medium and Materialsbase metal, enamel

Measurements3cm including crown, 2.2mm diameter

Subject and Association KeywordsNurse Education and Training

Object TypeNurse

Object numberAR#999