Australian Nursing Federation
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Australian Nursing Federation
Other forms of name
A.N.F. (Australian Nursing Federation)
ANF (Australian Nursing Federation)
Start period
1989
End period
2013
Type of corporate body
Labor unions
Associated country
Australia
Place of residence/headquarters
Melbourne (Vic.)
Other associated place
Canberra (A.C.T.)
Field of activity
Nurses--Services for Nursing
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Its National Professional Development Committee. Standards for nurse education, 1989:t.p. (Australian Nursing Federation) p. 2 (A.N.F.)
- Wood, P. Nursing, c1990:p. xiii (On the 1st of Jan. 1989, the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF) changed its name to the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF))
- Australian nurses journal, Dec./Jan. 1989:p.1 (Royal Australian Nursing Federation); Feb. 1989: p.1 (Australian Nursing Federation) p.7 (Australian Nurses Federation, ANF, registered as a Federal Union in 1921; in 1924, Australian Nursing Federation, ANF, formed as a federation of ATNA (Australasian Trained Nurses' Association) and its state branches and the RVTNA (Victorian Trained Nurses Association, VTNA, formed in 1901 and assumed 'Royal' title RVTNA in 1904); Trained Nurses Guild, TNG, registered as a federal Union in 1922, changed its name to Australian United Nurses Association, AUNA, in 1949, then to Australian Nurses Federation Employees Section, ANFES, in 1953, to facilitate fusion with ANF; in 1955, permission granted for ANF to use 'Royal' title, ie RANF; in 1970, ANFES applied for change of name to RANF, unsuccessfully; RANF registration cancelled; in 1971, ANFES changed its name to ANF, and permission granted to use the 'Royal' title RANF; in 1988, harmonization of New South Wales Nurses Association and Queensland Nurses Union with RANF to become the Australian Nursing Federation, ANF)
- Australian nursing journal, Aug. 2013:p.2 (Australian Nursing Federation; National Office: Canberra, and, Melbourne)
- Australian nursing and midwifery journal, Sept. 2013:p.1 (ANMF; ANF's name change; union's name change to incorporate midwifery; Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation came into effect on 25 July 2013)
- Australian Women's Register website, viewed 5 Nov. 2013(formed in 1924 as the Australian Nursing Federation; while concerned with protecting the interests of nurses, its initial focus was maintaining professional standards; in 1949 it began to function as a trade union; in 1955 the federation was granted use of the royal prefix)