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Visiting the Plunket nurse (1st of 2)

Visiting the Plunket nurse

Suburban life was shaped by gender, work and home. During the week the breadwinner father went off to work and the suburb was the domain of mothers and children. This 1946 image shows mothers and children waiting to see a Plunket (paediatric) nurse at a mobile clinic in a Dunedin hill suburb.

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David Thorns and Ben Schrader, 'City history and people - Suburban life', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/23525/visiting-the-plunket-nurse (accessed 26 April 2024)

Story by David Thorns and Ben Schrader, published 11 Mar 2010