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 royal wedding.
Anne McDonald shares a photograph and memories of the hospital’s Surgical Unit staff celebrating the 2018 royal wedding.
Bright colours and natural light.
The hexagonal building constructed as the new maternity wing and opened in 1978.
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.
You could hear the cows mooing.
Christine Thompson remembers the saleyards opposite the nurses’ residence, and triggers other memories and details.
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.
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.
Give … a cheerful atmosphere.
Some of the artworks that currently add colour and imagery to the hospital.
Cutting edge of medical science
From an ‘antiquated service’ in 1934 to ‘cutting edge’ by 1992 and beyond: The Maitland Hospital’s Pathology Unit.
Uncle Tom.
The innovative campaign initiated by Thomas Pyman in 1903 to raise money to furnish the new children’s ward.
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.
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.
Now and then.
Peter Smith captures the past and present of The Maitland Hospital in photographs.
Graduate nurses - names please!
An invitation to assist with identifying people in photographs of graduate nurses at The Maitland Hospital.
Long hard hours.
Leanne Debenham shares her fond memories of the stories her grandmother, Muriel Morris, told about training and working at The Maitland Hospital.
