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New South Wales - Organisation
South Sydney Women's Hospital (1905 - 1976)
- From
- 1905
- To
- 1976
- Categories
- Maternity Home, Adoption Agency, Non-denominational, Hospital, Home, Lying-in Home
- Alternative Names
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- Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women
- None
South Sydney Women's Hospital was a maternity hospital that provided midwifery and maternity care, particularly to poor and unmarried women. It was founded in Newtown (Camperdown) 1905 by George and Louisa Ardill and the Sydney Rescue Work Society and had been the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women. It trained midwives and was a place where adoptions were arranged. It closed in 1976.
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South Sydney Women's Hospital began as the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen women. The Home of Hope was established by George Edward Ardill in the 1890, in Newtown (Camperdown) as a rescue home and lying-in facility for unmarried pregnant women. When Ardill incorporated the Sydney Rescue Work Society in 1890 the home became a flagship of the new organisation.
Ardill's wife Louisa was the matron of the lying-in home and was a pioneer of midwifery. The Home was renamed South Sydney Women's Hospital in 1905. It became one of the most important midwife-training hospitals in Sydney, and provided outreach services to women in the working class suburbs of Newtown, Glebe, Petersham and Forest Lodge. It was also a place where adoptions were arranged.
South Sydney Women's Hospital closed in 1976 and the building was demolished.
Locations
- 1905 - 1976
- Location - South Sydney Women's Hospital was situated at Stanley Street, Newtown
Timeline
- 1883 - 1904
- Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women
- 1905 - 1976
- South Sydney Women's Hospital
- Item Title
- Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (South Sydney Women's Hospital) Admissions Register (1903 - 1905)
- Date Range
- 1903 - 1905
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Nursing History Research Unit:
Address: Room C1.02, 1st Floor, Sydney Nursing School (M02), University of Sydney, 88 Mallett Street, Camperdown NSW 2020
Phone: (02) 9351 0696
Email: lynette.russell@sydney.edu.au
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Medical records, South Sydney Women's Hospital (1950 - 1976)
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1976
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Medico-Legal Officer, Princes of Wales Hospital:
Phone: (02) 9382 3003
Email: SESLHD-LegalServicesUnit@health.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/right-to-information
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Confinement books, South Sydney Women's Hospital (1947 - 1949)
- Date Range
- 1947 - 1949
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Medico-Legal Officer, Princes of Wales Hospital:
Phone: (02) 9382 3003
Email: SESLHD-LegalServicesUnit@health.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/right-to-information
DETAILS
Members of the South Sydney Women's Hospital
South Sydney Women's Hospital
South Sydney Women's Hospital, circa 1960
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