Thursday, February 26, 2015

Thames (NZ): Special Visits - Rob & Thea Muldoon

SPECIAL VISITS: In 1978 Prime Minister Robert and Mrs Thea Muldoon were in Thames, as guest of honours for the March Thames Hospital Nurses' Graduation. On 24 February 2015, Dame Thea Muldoon died. More information at: http://goo.gl/UBm8Fg

Right Honourable Robert Muldoon and Thea Muldoon at Thames for the nurses' graduation March 1978. The photograph is taken in the Nurses' Dining Room where the graduations were normally held.
Source: Thames Hospital Pictorial CD, by Waikato Health Board. 
 
Cartoon drawings by Doug Barker of Thames in 1975 - of Rob Muldoon and Bill Rowlings. They appeared on the front page of the Sunday News Newspaper in 1975. (exact date not recorded)
 Source: A Barker Collection