Ann-Maree Davis and Marion Davis.
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If hospital walls could talk, they could tell some amazing and shocking stories of trauma and survival, violence, tragedy, love and new life.
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Nurses all have their own.
Once a year, those who trained at Mooroopna Base Hospital and Goulburn Valley Base Hospital reunite over lunch to share their memories from their nursing days.
Judi Chapman and Annette Nish enjoy a CWA luncheon at Kensington Gardens.
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Goulburn Valley Base Hospital — now Goulburn Valley Health — ceased nurse training in 1991.
Graduates have been meeting annually since 1959.
Bernadette Burke, Julie Mactier and Judi Chapman take home prizes.
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Their 66th reunion was held on Saturday, February 22 at Kensington Gardens, Shepparton, where nurses who trained at the two hospitals enjoyed a lunch provided by the Caniambo CWA.
“We had a very successful reunion on Saturday with 47 guests,” organising committee member Margaret Mouser said.
“Some travelled from around Victoria and interstate.”
Jean Courtney and Anne Tee at the luncheon.
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Former Mooroopna Hospital nurse trainee and now Aged Care Assessment Service employee Ann-Maree Davis was a guest speaker and spoke about the current process for aged care assessment and the many changes being introduced.
Marion Davis, a committee member for 28 years, was thanked for her commitment to the group and presented with a floral bouquet, while three guests received a gift box from EcoStore Enterprises when their names were pulled out of a lucky ticket draw on the day.
The next reunion will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
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