Trophies and ribbons.
‘Maitland Bi-Centenary 1970 Procession Award’ ribbon.
(Maitland Hospital Collection 265)
In 1970 Maitland held a street procession to mark 200 years since the arrival of James Cook in Australia. The Maitland Hospital Collection has this ribbon which, presumably, was awarded for the hospital float (see below) created for the procession.
The Maitland Hospital’s Captain Cook Bi-centenary float, 1970.
(Maitland Hospital Collection)
For more details about the photograph visit My aunts trained at the hospital.
‘Head of the Hunter Festival 1972 Commercial Display 1st prize’ ribbon.
(Maitland Hospital Collection 266)
These two ribbons and the photograph of the 1970 hospital float are among a small number of items in the Maitland Hospital Collection that mark ways in which Maitland Hospital staff have participated in community activities organised to celebrate or commemorate significant national, state and local events.
There are also trophies, shields and certificates for events held within the hospital and for recognition of contributions by the hospital and its staff to a variety of community and other causes.
For example:
Trophy inscribed: ‘Maitland. Carnival of Colour. Procession. Marching Section. First Prize.’
(Maitland Hospital Collection 107)
Maitland City Library has a copy of the programme for the Carnival of Colour in 1958.
‘Maitland Hospital Sector Shield’, 1997
(Maitland Hospital Collection 69)
Also inscribed: ‘Cricket L.H.S. defeated G.N.S. 23 February 1997’.
Lions Club of Manly Certificate of Appreciation to Maitland Hospital, 1976.
(Maitland Hospital Collection 267)
Some of the above items are in the exhibition, A Conspicuous Object - The Maitland Hospital, which was at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery from 16 October 2021 to 6 February 2022.