This week’s post offers an intimate, firsthand glimpse into the lives of nurses during WWII, as captured through the sketches of Lorna Moore. Lorna (Liz) Moore, née Woolcock, was born in Unley, Adelaide, and pursued her studies at the South Australian School of Art. A talented freelance commercial artist, she moved to London in late […]
Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means to recovery. Florence Nightingale Do you remember the murals that brightened the walls of the basement corridor of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital? The murals were by South Australian artist Gilbert Dashorst, who is probably best known as the botanical […]