“Tip it in! Tip it in!” This was the ditty that my mum, trainee nurse Rene Morris, sang with her fellow trainee nurse friend, Ella, as they emptied their patients’ pans as part of their nursing duties at Mount Morgan Hospital in central Queensland. Being a trainee nurse in the late 1930s and early 1940s was arduous, so friends and fun were essential components for survival and completing the rigorous training. Rene, born in 1919 in Mount Morgan, was a … Continue reading