• Archival Item

Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (South Sydney Women's Hospital) Admissions Register

To access these records

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

The Admissions Register of the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (South Sydney Women’s Hospital) are three volumes of registers. According to Professor Lynette Russell, archivist of the Nursing History Research Unit, these were retrieved from a rubbish pile at Rozelle Hospital and donated to the Nursing History Research Unit. Professor Russell believes all other records of the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women have been destroyed. The registers contain limited information about the women who lived at the Home of Hope.

Quantity: 3 volumes. Register Number 63 for 1903 and Register Number 55 for 1904-1905.

Access Conditions

Access to these records is restricted. Please contact the Nursing History Research Unit for information about accessing these records.

  • From

    1903

  • To

    1905

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