The Wound Care Association of NSW (WCANSW) was established in December 1991 and is a multidisciplinary, non-profit organisation consisting of people who are committed to developing and improving wound management through education, research, communication and networking.

Membership of the WCANSW provides automatic membership of the to the Australian Wound Management Association and complimentary subscription to the glossy Australian quarterly wound care journal Primary Intention.

Benefits of belonging to the WSANSW

• “Free to members” Biennial Education Day
• Scholarship opportunities
• Twice yearly WCANSW newsletter
• Quarterly AWMA Journal “Primary Intention”
• Country Seminar Support
• Discount to WCANSW conferences

Patron: Bryce Courtenay AM, Author and Speaker

Born in South Africa, Bryce Courtenay was educated in Johannesburg and the U.K. He arrived in Australia in 1958 and became an Australian citizen the following year.

He entered advertising and over a career spanning 34 years was the Creative Director of McCann Erickson, J. Walter Thompson and George Patterson Advertising. During this time, he was much awarded both in Australia and overseas.

As a lecturer and speaker, he was invited by the Chinese Government to give the first series of lectures on the subject of Advertising and Free Enterprise. He has lectured on the power of the individual to achieve any end purpose, in Asia, the U.K., the U.S.A., New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and in Australia and is rated as one of the top five speakers in Australia.

However, he is best known as Australia's top selling novelist with titles such as The Power of One (translated into 11 languages and the subject of a major movie of the same name), Tandia April Fools Day (biography), The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, The Family Frying Pan, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Night Country, Jessica and Solomon's Song.

Bryce Courtenay was awarded The Order of Australia, AM in 1995.

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