The following memories and stories about the Maitland Hospital emerged from background research, and from being shared by artists, staff, volunteers, patients and community members.
A conspicuous object.
The 1840s Maitland Hospital building - the first building on the current hospital site.
Handsome and substantial.
The past and present of the 1905 building on The Maitland Hospital site.
Jigsaw of buildings.
The expansion of buildings and structures on the Maitland Hospital site throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries
On or off duty.
A noticeboard that links to stories about surgical dressers/wardsmen who, collectively, worked at The Maitland Hospital for over 130 years.
Clipping the press.
Press clipping scrapbooks in The Maitland Hospital Collection that provide easy to browse accounts of the hospital at different times.
A drunk resident apothecary.
The Maitland Hospital Minute Book for 1859 to 1872 with its cursive handwriting and details about finances, staff and other developments at the hospital.
A stolen stone and an empty beer bottle.
The bizarre fate of the 1846 foundation stone of The Maitland Hospital.
First president.
The Maitland Hospital’s first president and notable local resident - Edward Denny Day.
Render the hospital beautiful.
The gardens and grounds of The Maitland Hospital, past and present.