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 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.
Aerial views.
Aerial photographs of the Maitland Hospital dating from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Supporting those less fortunate.
Tony Clift shares his research about the Clift family’s significant support of the Maitland Hospital.
Written in stone, metal, wood…
An inventory of commemorative plaques from across The Maitland Hospital.
Timelines.
Timelines inscribed on the hospital walls at different times and in different forms.
Trophies and ribbons.
Trophies, ribbons and certificates from the Maitland Hospital Collection and the events they commemorate.
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.
Inspired by the people.
Art works by Adrian Lockhart inspired by the people who work and have worked at the Maitland Hospital. The art works are included 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.
Little things.
Catharine Neilson’s photographs of small details from around the Maitland Hospital. Her photographic installation can be seen in the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
It all takes place in the garden.
G.W. Bot’s responses to the hospital gardens and grounds expressed through sculptures and linocuts. Her art works are a part of the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Fragments of memory.
Peter Poulet’s abstract responses to memories shared by Maitland residents. His paintings can be seen in the front window of the Maitland Regional Art Gallery during the exhibition A Conspicuous Object.
First light last light.
Oliver Harlan translates photographs and memories of Maitland Hospital into a 3D video experience that can be seen and heard.
An archaeology of care.
Anita Johnson uses found objects to create artworks that talk to the care needed and offered in the hospital. Her installation was part of 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.
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.
Hospital blue.
Portraits of medical and surgical instruments from the Maitland Hospital Collection created by artist Linda Greedy for the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.