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Royal Adelaide Hospital (1939 - )

From
1939
Categories
Care Provider and Hospital
Alternative Names
  • RAH (Acronym)

The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) was the new name given to the Adelaide Hospital in 1939. It was located on North Terrace in Adelaide and was run by a board of management. From 1941 Northcote Home operated in conjunction with the RAH. From 1948 the Royal Adelaide Hospital ran the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital and in 1973 took over the management of the Morris Hospital. The Royal Adelaide Hospital was still operating in 2014.

Details

The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) was the new name given to the Adelaide Hospital in 1939. The hospital was run by a board of management. It was situated on North Terrace in Adelaide. Building programs that had begun in the late 1850s continued at the site for 100 years and during that time nearly 50 buildings were added to the hospital. The roles of the various buildings changed frequently over the years.

From 1941 the Royal Adelaide Hospital worked in conjunction with Northcote Home. Children of parents who were admitted to the RAH suffering from tuberculosis were sent to Northcote.

The Royal Adelaide Hospital took over the running of the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital from the James Brown Memorial Trust in 1948 renaming the institution the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

A major rebuilding program at the North Terrace site began in 1963 and continued until 1973. In that same year the hospital took over the management of the Morris Hospital.

The Royal Adelaide Hospital was still operating in 2014.

Location

1939
Location - The Royal Adelaide Hospital was located at North Terrace, Adelaide. Location: Adelaide

Timeline

 1841 - 1939 Adelaide Hospital
       1939 - Royal Adelaide Hospital

Provided 'Care' At

Related Organisations

  • Adelaide Lunatic Asylum (1852 - 1902)

    The original Adelaide Hospital building became part of the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum in the late 1850s. In 1870 some buildings of the Asylum became part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The main Asylum building transferred to the Hospital in 1902.

  • Northcote Home (1928 - 1973)

    The Royal Adelaide Hospital worked with Northcote Home during the Home's time as a Tuberculosis Preventorium

  • Parkside Lunatic Asylum (1870 - 1913)

    When Parkside Lunatic Asylum opened in 1870 some of the buildings that made up the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum became part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Publications

Online Resources

  • State Records of South Australia, 'Agency Details: GA354 Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital', in State Records of South Australia, ArchivesSearch, http://archives.sa.gov.au. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: State Records of South Australia, 'Agency Details: GA354 Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital', in State Records of South Australia, ArchivesSearch, http://archives.sa.gov.au.

Prepared by: Gary George and Karen George