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.
Books and records.
Textbooks, administrative records, photographs, plans and other paper-based documents from the Maitland Hospital Collection.
Measuring, diagnosing, treating.
A selection of medical and surgical equipment from the Maitland Hospital Collection.
Health Services Unit 2021.
Catharine Neilson’s evocative photographs of the Health Service’s Unit building (the former R L Williams’ Nurses Residence) taken in late 2021 as services were packing up in preparation for the move to the new Maitland Hospital at Metford.
Collected Memory.
An overview of the Collected Memory Project and its outcomes in documenting, sharing and celebrating Maitland Hospital’s long history through art and displays in the new Maitland Hospital, an exhibition, this website and community engagement.
Dental clinic 2021.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of the hospital’s Dental Clinic taken on 24 May 2021.
Safe milk for your child.
Mid-twentieth century public health posters in the Maitland Hospital Collection.
Picturing the hospital in 2020-2021.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of Maitland Hospital during its last eighteen months at the High Street site.
Imaging prints.
Mid-twentieth century images of the hospital printed from old photoengraving blocks, and now hanging in the Imaging wait area of the new Maitland Hospital.
Pills and potions.
Historical equipment, books and apothecary jars from Maitland Hospital’s pharmacy.
Openings and public events.
A display in the new Maitland Hospital marking the many public events and openings throughout the hospital’s history.
Distract and play.
An artwork by Anita Johnson and a 1950s photograph as reminders of creative ways to distract and entertain children in the hospital. The items are on display in the new Maitland Hospital.
A new timeline.
The timeline created for the opening of the New Maitland Hospital in January 2022.
Provided great enjoyment.
Rocking horses in the children’s ward from the mid-twentieth century provided some distraction for young patients.
A century of service.
Events and memorabilia celebrating the hospital’s centenary in 1942.
Written in stone, metal, wood…
An inventory of commemorative plaques from across The Maitland Hospital.
Timelines.
Timelines inscribed on the hospital walls at different times and in different forms.
Trophies and ribbons.
Trophies, ribbons and certificates from the Maitland Hospital Collection and the events they commemorate.
Birthing at Maitland Hospital.
Lesley Salem’s creative response to stories of birthing at Maitland Hospital. Her painting can be viewed in the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Little things.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of small details from around the Maitland Hospital. Her photographic installation can be seen in the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
It all takes place in the garden.
G.W. Bot’s responses to the hospital gardens and grounds expressed through sculptures and linocuts. Her art works are a part of the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.