Corporate Body
Hobart General Hospital (1860 - 1938)
- From
- 1860
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - To
- 1938
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Summary
The Hobart General Hospital was created by the newly established colonial government in 1860 to replace the Colonial Hospital (1820-1860). The Hospital was run by a committee chaired by the Colonial Secretary until 1878 when a Board of Management took control. It was around this time that it began the change from a pauper institution to a public hospital. It became the Roayl Hobart Hospital in 1938.
Published resources
Books
- Pybus, Cassandra, A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2024), 318 pp. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Cassandra-Pybus-Very-Secret-Trade-9781761066344. Pages 18, 21, 26, 27, 35, 43, 54-57. Details
Resource Sections
- O'Neill, Cate (National Editor), 'Hobart General Hospital', in Find & Connect: History & information about Australian orphanages, Children's Homes & other institutions, Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne, 2011. https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/entity/colonial-hospital/. Details
- Rimon, Wendy, 'Hospitals', in The Companion to Tasmanian History, Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2005. https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Hospitals.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 2 August 2024