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The Noblest Profession: Nursing in Queensland

WEBUnder the Health Act 1911 general, midwifery and mental health nurses in Queensland were registered and were to be given preferential employment in hospitals covered by …

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Legalising condoms

WEBLegalising condoms. 24 April, 2023 By Queensland State Archives. Condoms became a pressing health issue in the early 1980s with the AIDS epidemic. The first case of HIV …

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The precedent of the pandemic

WEBThe influenza pandemic killed more than 12,000 people in Australia and 50 million around the world. Special batch files at Queensland State Archives, created by …

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Townsville Hospital Q-Album

WEBThe first hospital in Townsville was opened in a cottage on the Strand in 1866 and was known as the Burdekin and Flinders Districts Hospital. In 1881 it was relocated to the …

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The Hospitals Act of 1865 Q-Album

WEBAlthough Premier Robert Herbert had little interest in health issues, by 1865 conditions existing in public hospitals throughout the colony were bordering on the scandalous and …

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Map showing the location of Bubonic Plague cases for eight years …

WEBThe plague bulletin issued by the Health Department on Saturday showed that 10,378 rodents were examined during the week, and none were found to be infected. The last …

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Queensland State Archives Recreation, sport and arts

WEBAcknowledgement of Traditional Owners. Queensland State Archives acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians across Queensland. We pay our respects to Elders …

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Building towards the Ipswich Hospital

WEBLast year, Queensland State Archives (QSA) received a collection of correspondence records for the Ipswich Hospital which provide fascinating insight into …

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Aramac Hospital, Cloncurry region Q-Album

WEBOther capital improvements in health taking place in the central west include the new $17.5m Alpha hospital and co-located emergency services facility, and major upgrades …

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Architectural plans and perspective drawing of the hospital, …

WEBIt was not until the Hospitals Act of 1923 that hospitals and public health became basic responsibilities of the government, resulting in the creation of hospital boards throughout …

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Stories from the Archives

WEBCondoms became a pressing health issue in the early 1980s with the AIDS epidemic. The first case of HIV-AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was reported in Australia …

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The bubonic plague in Queensland

WEBLocal health and medical authorities worked together to exterminate rats around Brisbane and any rodents found sick or already dead were tested for infection. …

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Letter from Dr Walter Roth resigning as Queensland’s Chief …

WEBBackground. An English-born medical practitioner who developed an interest in the Aboriginal people while living in north-western Queensland during the late 1890s, Walter …

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Architectural plan of Maryborough Base Hospital Q-Album

WEBThe present General Hospital at Maryborough is to be the foundation of a future base hospital for this district. The general programme of hospital improvements was outlined …

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Recruitment of Nurses after Second World War

WEBThe Queensland Health Education Council decided that a maximum of £500 was to be spent on the campaign. The Council estimated the campaign would reach …

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Perspective drawing of the Lunatic Asylum, Toowoomba, 1888

WEBThis Act signalled a number of changes in the administration of mental health and coincided with new approaches to treatment, particular the use of drug therapies. A …

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Persons from New South Wales must not cross the border

WEBUnder the Health Acts 1900 to 1917, the Commissioner of Public Health implemented controls to curb the spread of this infectious disease. Just like today life in …

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Queensland State Archives

WEBCondoms became a pressing health issue in the early 1980s with the AIDS epidemic. The first case of HIV-AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was reported in Australia …

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