Corporate Body

Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

From
1840
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Functions
Hospitals or Clinics
Alternative Names
  • Royal Adelaide Hospital (Subsequent name, November 1939 - )

Summary

The Adelaide Hospital was established in 1840 with the laying of the foundation stone by the governor, George Gawler, while the first patients admitted the following year. It replaced the Colonial infirmary and was the first built-for-purpose hospital in South Australia. The Hospital's first operating theatre opened In 1891, followed by x-ray services from 1899. In 1939 the name was changed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. It is the teaching hospital for medical and dental students in conjunction with the University of Adelaide.

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Books

  • Nursing in South Australia : first hundred years 1837-1937 (Adelaide: South Australian Trained Nurses' Centenary Committee, 1938), 348 pp. Details
  • Andrew, Marjorie and Hoare, Ronda, Sheets, sandwiches and sympathy : a history of Royal Adelaide Hospital Auxiliary 1925-2000 (Adelaide: Royal Adelaide Hospital, 2001), 120 pp. Details
  • Durdin, Joan, Eleven Thousand Nurses: a History of Nursing Education at the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993 (Adelaide: Royal Adelaide Hospital, 2005), 322 pp. Details
  • Hughes, James Estcourt, A History of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (Adelaide: Board of Management, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1982), 240 pp. Details

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