hospitals

Standard maternity ward plan, 1929

QLD

Australia

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4 November 1929

3 May 2011

Location

QLD

Australia

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3 May 2011

Department of Public Works

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Eight feet to an inch

Standard two bedroom maternity ward, 1929. Built throughout regional Queensland, these architectural plans show the standard design for two bedroom maternity wards. The mother’s rooms were 10 feet square and opened out onto a wide veranda. The labour and sterilizing rooms were down a short hallway. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Dunwich Benevolent Asylum female division, 1942

Dunwich, QLD 4183

Australia

27° 29' 55.2264" S, 153° 24' 11.8224" E

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1 January 1942

3 May 2011

Location

Dunwich, QLD 4183

Australia

27° 29' 55.2264" S, 153° 24' 11.8224" E

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3 May 2011

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

50 feet to an inch

Dunwich Benevolent Asylum female division, 1942. This map shows the layout of the female division of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum on Stradbroke Island. The Divisional warden’s post and first aid station were located at the entrance. The matrons, nurses, housemaids and ‘V.A.Ds’ (Voluntary Aid Detachment) quarters were located outside. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Mater Hospital, c1930

South Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 29.1" S, 153° 1' 0.9732" E

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1 January 1927

3 May 2011

Location

South Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 29.1" S, 153° 1' 0.9732" E

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3 May 2011

Brisbane

State Government Insurance Office

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

40 feet to an inch

Mater Hospital, c1930. Established by the Sisters of Mercy, the Mater Private hospital at South Brisbane was officially opened by the Queensland governor Sir William MacGregor on the 14 August 1910. Blessed by Cardinal Moran, the main building commanded a hilltop around which the hospital expanded. The Mater Public hospital was the second facility established at the site in 1911. In 1925, the archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig, laid the foundation stone for the Mater chapel and convent. In July 1931, the Mater Children’s Hospital was opened and immediately started treating patients. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Prisoners barracks, Moreton Bay, 1839

Moreton Bay, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1839

3 December 2010

Location

Moreton Bay, QLD

Australia

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3 December 2010

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Elevations and plans of prisoners barrack buildings Moreton Bay with alterations and additions required for the converting into a permanent military barracks, officers quarters, hospital etc etc, July 1839. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Waiben Hospital, Thursday Island, 1958. Slide by Harry Hyndman, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

South Sea Islander patients at Maryborough hospital, November 1888

Maryborough, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1888

12 November 2010

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Maryborough, QLD

Australia

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12 November 2010

Collection of Queensland State Archives

List of South Sea Islander patients at Maryborough hospital, 1888, using an employment register schedule. List shows date admitted, illness, employer plantation and discharge date. This shows how Islander patients were segregated from other patients. Collection of Queensland State Archives

Indigenous health

Queensland possesses two Indigenous groups: Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

Hospitals were often sited on the outskirts of towns and cities in Queensland, clearly separating the ill from the healthy. The general hospital in Brisbane was moved from the government precinct in George Street in the city to the suburb of Herston, some kilometres away along a barely made road. Postcards from the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Hospitals in the landscape

'Those in the town were apathetic as to what happened in the bush, and the people in the bush knew no better, and were content to leave things as they were.