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Health and welfare The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBA series of late nineteenth and early twentieth century epidemics – including a number of bubonic plague outbreaks in Sydney between 1901 and 1910 and Spanish …

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The colonial observations of Surgeon John White

WEBThe observations of Surgeon John White. [media] Surgeon John White was head physician on the First Fleet expedition to Australia in 1788 and his journal provides …

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Aboriginal Health College, Little Bay The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBBuilt between 2006 and 2009, the Aboriginal Health College is an innovative building responding to the requirements of its clients in a culturally and environmentally …

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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBThe hospital, named after Queen Victoria's son Prince Alfred, who had survived an attempted assassination in Sydney in 1868, was opened in September 1882 …

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Nursing The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBThe first trained nurses in Sydney were the Sisters of Charity who arrived in 1838. They provided the sick with religious consolation, regular and conscientious …

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Hospitals The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBThe importance of Sydney Hospital is even greater when outpatients are considered. [media] The Dispensary at Sydney Hospital was founded in 1826 and in 1871 it serviced …

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Prince Henry Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBPrince Henry Hospital. Hospital or other health organisation. Hospital established during the smallpox epidemic of 1881, on a then isolated bay south of the city. Later used as a …

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Epidemics The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBThere were serious outbreaks of the disease in 1866–67, 1875, 1893, 1898, and 1920. The 1866–67 epidemic was one of the worst, because of the proportion of the population …

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Gladesville Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBPsychiatric hospital complex that grew out of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum established in 1838. Patients were treated there until the 1990s. Milestone. Opened. 1838. Merged …

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Gladesville Macquarie Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBHospital or other health organisation. Mental health facility formed by the amalgamation of Gladesville Mental Hospital and Macquarie Hospital in 1993. Milestone. Incorporated. …

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Sydney's Rum Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEB2016. Old Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street c1865-85, Mitchell LIbrary, State Library of NSW (a089177 / SPF / 177) It seems rum is good for your health. Or it was 200 years …

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Dental Hospital of Sydney The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBIn 1939, dental experts praised the nearly completed Dental Hospital of Sydney for being one of the largest and best-equipped free oral clinics in the world. [1] Situated opposite …

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Ryde Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBHospital originally known as The Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, officially opened on 12 May 1934 with 56 beds. Milestone. Opened. 12 May 1934. Name. Alternate. Ryde …

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Langton Centre The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBOutpatient unit of the NSW Department of Health's South Eastern Sydney Local Health District providing support for people with drug and alcohol problems. The Centre was …

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Western Suburbs Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBWestern Suburbs Hospital. Hospital or other health organisation. Hospital which opened as a cottage hospital and was unique in that sufficient money was raised so that it was built …

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Bayview House The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBBayview House. Situated near the Cooks River near Tempe, the building was a private residence before it operated as a 'private lunatic asylum' with its first patient admitted on …

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Chelmsford Private Hospital Royal Commission 1988–90

WEBConducted over two years from 1988-1990, the Royal Commission into Mental Health Services, otherwise known as the Chelmsford Royal Commission, examined mental …

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Newington Asylum The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBAsylum for infirm and destitute women established on the former estate of John Blaxland. Milestone. Opened. 01 Feb 1886. Closed. 01 May 1967. Name. Alternate. Newington …

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Callan Park Mental Hospital The Dictionary of Sydney

WEBIn 1876 Garryowen House, sometimes called Callan Park House, was transformed by James Barnet into a branch of the overcrowded Gladesville Hospital under Dr Manning. …

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