Button, Belt
Production date
1960s
Description
A silver coloured embossed dental nurse's belt button featuring a crest divided into quadrants. " UT PROSIM " is embossed on a scroll design below the crest. An eyelet is attached to the reverse. " DOWLER / BIRMINGHAM " is embossed on the reverse.
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Manufacturer
Production date
1960s
Production place
Classification
Credit line
This
badge
was
awarded
to
Elaine
Soothill
(nee
Yarrow)
on
17
August
1961
after
two
years
of
study
at
the
Dental
Nurses
School
at
Wellington.
She
was
then
posted
to
Inglewood
State
School
where
she
spent
two
years
before
working
at
a
small
Hawera
school.
She
married
in
August
1963
and
was
posted
to
Wanganui
before
moving
to
the
Gold
Coast,
Australia
in
1979.
She
retrained
at
the
Brisbane
School
for
Dental
Therapists
and
subsequently
worked
for
the
Queensland
Health
Department
for
another
27
years
before
retiring
in
2004.
Accession number
PA2004.094
Collection type
Material
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