Event details
Date: Thursday, 9 October
Time: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Location: 8 Macquarie St, Sydney (Fountain Courtyard)
Free to attend the Family Open Day
Exciting opportunities
- Discover the interactive eye health stalls, hosted by our valued partners
- Take a self-paced tour at the fabulous Lucy Osburn-Nightingale museum
- Bring the kids (and grandkids). They’ll love the dedicated kids’ corner — complete with a fun petting zoo
- Enjoy the viewing of ‘The Lady Superintendent’ short film (M rating)
Special Features | Film, Museum and Legacy
Film: The Lady Superintendent
Join us for a short film by nurse and filmmaker Meg Collins, exploring the life of Miss Lucy Osburn, the pioneering nurse sent by Florence Nightingale to establish professional nursing in Australia in 1868.
The film runs for approximately 14 minutes and is currently included in the nursing curriculum at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.
Image source: The Lady Superintendent
Museum: Nightingale Wing
Visitors will have the rare opportunity to explore the Sydney Hospital Museum and the historic Nightingale Wing, where Lucy Osburn and her team of nurses lived and worked.
The museum houses a collection of medical equipment, records, implements and pathology that portrays the history of nursing and medicine in Australia from the arrival of the first fleet in 1788, tracing back to the evolution of nursing in Australia.
Image source: Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum
A Legacy of Care
In 1868, Florence Nightingale selected Lucy Osburn to lead five nurses from St Thomas’ Hospital, London, to the Sydney Infirmary — now Sydney Hospital.
They arrived at Circular Quay on 5 March, welcomed by Sir Henry Parkes, and introduced the Nightingale method of nursing, establishing Australia’s first nurse training school.
Proud partners
We're excited to celebrate World Site Day with the following partners:
