Mareeba Babies Hospital, c. 1920, courtesy of State Library of South Australia.
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The Mareeba Children's Annex of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was the new name given to Mareeba Babies' Hospital in 1960. Located in Woodville the Children's Annex of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital continued to care for sick infants and premature babies. The Annex closed in 1969. In 1992 the original building of the Mareeba Children's Annex became home to The Pregnancy Advisory Centre.
1913 - 1915 Quambi Nursing Home
1915 - 1917 Babies' Hospital, St Peters
1917 - 1960 Mareeba Babies' Hospital
1960 - c. 1969 Mareeba Children's Annex of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/.
Prepared by: Gary George
Created: 4 September 2013, Last modified: 28 October 2013