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.
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.
A place for health.
Artworks in the hospital that connect to country and to the Wonnarua songlines that pass across and around the hospital site.