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Brisbane Women's Hospital (1938 - 1967)
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Entrance to the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1938, c. 1938, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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- 13 March 1938
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- 1967
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- Hospital
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The Brisbane Women's Hospital was situated at Herston and was opened on 13 March 1938. Operating as a maternity hospital, it replaced the Lady Bowen Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. In 1967 it was renamed the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital.
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Towards the end of 1929, it was agreed to build a new maternity hospital on land adjacent to the Brisbane Hospital at Herston. Construction commenced on 15 January 1934. The then Minister for Health, Mr Edward (Ned) Hanlon, officially opened the new Women's Hospital on 13 March 1938. The final cost of the new hospital was £201,779. In 1966, Queen Elizabeth 2nd gave permission to use the prefix "Royal" to the Brisbane Hospital and in 1967, the Queen also approved the use of the "Royal" prefix for the Brisbane Women's Hospital.
Florence Featherstonhaugh was Matron of the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, from 1938 to 1943.
Timeline
- 1867 - 1938
- Lady Bowen Hospital
- 1938 - 1967
- Brisbane Women's Hospital
- 1967 -
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
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- Adoption Records
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Please contact Adoption Services Queensland:
Postal Address: Locked Bag 3405, Brisbane QLD 4001
Phone: (07) 3097 5100 or 1800 647 983 (free call within Queensland)
Email: ads@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/community/caring-child/adoption/contact-adoption-services
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- Royal Brisbane and Womens' Hospital, Records (c. 1938 - )
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- 1938 -
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Please contact the Information Access Unit, Royal Brisbane and Womens' Hospital:
Postal address: Royal Brisbane and Womens' Hospital, Herston, Queensland 4029
Phone: (07) 3646 8323
Email: IAU-RBWH@health.qld.gov.au
Website: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/about-us/information-access-privacy/right-to-information
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Aerial view of the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane, 1950
Maternity ward at the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, March 1938
Entrance to the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1938