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.
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.
First light last light.
Oliver Harlan translates photographs and memories of Maitland Hospital into a 3D video experience that can be seen and heard.
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.
A flight of terrazzo steps.
The hospital addition built between 1939 and 1947 that housed outpatients and other services as well as providing a new main entrance that connected different buildings.
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.
After the storm.
Kevin Parsons shares a stunning photograph he took of The Maitland Hospital following a big storm in 2015.
How lovely is this doorway.
Some of the architectural features from different eras scattered across The Maitland Hospital site.
Germ proofing.
Infectious diseases and the Maitland Hospital’s 1891 and 1916 isolation wards.
A conspicuous object.
The 1840s Maitland Hospital building - the first building on the current hospital site.