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 modern geriatric unit.
Maitland Hospital’s acquisition of ‘Melbee’ and its conversion to ‘a modern geriatric unit’.
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.
Maternity, birthing and special care 2021.
Catharine Neilson photographs of the Maternity, Birthing and Special Care Units taken during 2021.
Medical imaging 2021.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of the Medical Imaging Unit taken in January 2021.
Executive suite 2020-2021.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of staff in the Executive Suite and their offices at different times during 2020 and 2021.
Picturing the hospital in 2020-2021.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of Maitland Hospital during its last eighteen months at the High Street site.
A new timeline.
The timeline created for the opening of the New Maitland Hospital in January 2022.
Aerial views.
Aerial photographs of the Maitland Hospital dating from the 1930s to the 1980s.
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.
Facelifts, rebuilds,additions and adaptions.
Peter O’Doherty’s paintings of details and perspectives of Maitland Hospital buildings and their interiors created for the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Bright colours and natural light.
The hexagonal building constructed as the new maternity wing and opened in 1978.
You could hear the cows mooing.
Christine Thompson remembers the saleyards opposite the nurses’ residence, and triggers other memories and details.
Latest devices.
The kitchen and amenities block built in 1933 and altered over the years, always with the ‘latest devices’.
Hot and cold water provided throughout.
The private and intermediate wards building constructed during the 1930s.
No separate children’s ward.
The different environments created for children at the hospital, ranging from no separate children’s ward to brightly coloured, dedicated spaces.
Now and then.
Peter Smith captures the past and present of The Maitland Hospital in photographs.
Titillating stories.
Remembering the first nurses’ residence at The Maitland Hospital. It was built in the late 1920s and demolished in 1993 to make way for new hospital buildings.