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.
The smell of porridge.
Paediatrician Keith Howard shares his memories of working in the children’s ward at Maitland Hospital from the late 1970s to 2014.
Nurses’ reunions.
Photographs and albums created at and for reunions of Maitland nurses, and now in the custody of former Maitland nurse Lynette Huckstadt.
The way we were.
A timeline for the history of nursing and nurse education at Maitland Hospital.
A century of service.
Events and memorabilia celebrating the hospital’s centenary in 1942.
Our family doctors.
Sisters Lyn Morris and Dianne Morante share fond memories of their family doctors, John Abrahams and Maurice Hurst both of whom worked at Maitland Hospital.
Three generations.
Tom Healy on his family’s association with The Maitland Hospital over three generations.
A tax on his time.
Faith Simon and Brigette Uren on their ancestor, Thomas James McClelland, secretary of the Maitland Hospital in 1845 and 1846.
Only one toilet to use.
Faith Simon shares changing experiences of giving birth at the Maitland Hospital.
Later she married a widower.
Jennie Lawrence and her work as a community nurse in the early twentieth century.
Supporting those less fortunate.
Tony Clift shares his research about the Clift family’s significant support of the Maitland Hospital.
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.
Working, caring, recovering, reflecting.
Catharine Neilson’s photographic portraits of people at the Maitland Hospital. Her photographic installation can be seen in the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Stitched together.
Susan O’Doherty’s textile sculptures stitch together the stories of women working at The Maitland Hospital over time. Her sculptures are in the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
An ambulance, a patient and a nurse.
Anne McDonald recalls a memorable ambulance trip from Maitland Hospital to Sydney in 1984.
Refused admission.
Brian Walsh shares the story of ticket-of-leave convict William McGill who was refused admission to Maitland Hospital.
Great practitioners of the day.
Memories, photographs and details of Doctors Solling and Galbraith.
My father was born here…
Carolyn Bourne and the Capper family contributions to the Maitland Hospital.
Uncle Tom.
The innovative campaign initiated by Thomas Pyman in 1903 to raise money to furnish the new children’s ward.
Served the hospital for over 40 years.
Glimpses of Robert (Bob) Brown’s life and work shared by his daughter, Wendy Beasley. Bob Brown was the hospital’s chief executive officer from 1960 to 1981.