Sydney Hospital Nurses' Alumni
‘To celebrate our enduring connection to each other and to Australia’s first hospital and to encourage excellence in patient care through the provision of annual educational scholarships and awards to meritorious current nurses at Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital.’ 2025
Sydney Hospital Nurses Alumni (SHNA) is proud to celebrate a current flourishing membership of over two hundred nurses and more than sixty years of friendly connection and professional association.
Membership is open to all nurses who trained at Sydney Hospital/Sydney Eye Hospital or worked there for a minimum two years.
We welcome enquiries regarding Membership or of a general nature to membershipshna@gmail.com or info4shna@gmail.com
SHNA continues to grow and evolve whilst upholding the values of our founding members who in 1962 under the leadership of DON, Joyce Rodmell OBE, formed the Sydney Hospital Graduate Nurses Association.
The name change from Graduate Association to Nurses Alumni (ratified at the 2022/23 AGM) reflects our aim to be more inclusive and also widens our membership base whilst increasing connectivity and collegiality between past and present Sydney Hospital nurses.
SHNA publishes four Newsletters per year (free to all members) and holds several functions to keep our members engaged and involved.
Our signature event is an Annual Reunion Lunch which traditionally is held at NSW Parliament House.
President
Ann Burleigh
Vice-President
Jennifer Aaron
Secretary
Sandy Coutts
Treasurer and Membership Officer
Jo Gardner
Newsletter Editor
Ann Burleigh
Committee Members
Teddy Dilworth
Jennifer Combet
Sandy Freeman
Louise Seguna
Please send all correspondence to:
Sydney Hospital Nurses’ Alumni
GPO Box 1614
Sydney
NSW 2001
Email to contact Secretary: info4shna@gmail.com
Email to contact Treasurer regarding membership and fees: membershipshna@gmail.com
We invite nurses who graduated from training at Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital and any who have worked at the hospital for over two years to join the Alumni.
Membership forms available from: membershipshna@gmail.com