Historical Hospital Buildings

Buildings

Provision of health services involves an interdependent mix of buildings, equipment and people. To tell the full and integrated story is a complex task. The buildings are one part of the health care system which are familiar to all since we know that they are there, whether or not we ever enter them. In most cases, they persist for longer than either the people or the equipment. The first seventeen photographs on this page introduce each of the significant buildings and sites which have played a key role in the development of health services in the Rockhampton district during the late 19th and through the 20th centuries. Clicking on the images will lead you to larger photographs and more detail.

After this, we display a number of photographs which are not in any particular order, but which give other views of these buildings in service. Some of them include people but they are mostly unidentified. When we know the identity of the individuals we generally include the photograph on the People page.

Port Curtis & Leichhardt District Hospital ca.1890	Rockhampton Children's Hospital 1922	Mount Morgan's first Hospital early 20th Century
Tannachy Hospital Rockhampton	Rockhampton Women's Hospital ca.1930	Hillcrest Hospital Rockhampton 1912
Avonleigh Rockhampton ca. 1906	Salvation Army Hospital Rockhampton 1913	Leinster Private Hospital Rockhampton 1915
Kenmore - the Mater Hospital - Rockhampton	Yeppoon Hospital ca.1930	Lady Goodwin Hospital Rockhampton
Westwood Sanatorium on opening day 1919	Tannachy Hospital staff 1940's	Lady Goodwin Hospital Rockhampton
Westwood Sanatorium on its opening day 1919	Ogmore Hospital ca. 1950	Childrens Hospital Rockhampton 1888
Avonleigh Rockhampton 2008	Hillcrest Hospital Rockhampton Private Hospital 2008	Operating Theatre Hillcrest Hospital ca. 1900
Patient's room in the Hillcrest Hospital 1900s	Nurses' Quarters Mount Morgan Hospital	Port Curtis & Leichhardt District Hospital 1886
Port Curtis & Leichhardt District Hospital 1884	Rockhampton Hospital 1895	Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1953 showing news nurses quarters under construction on the right
Rockhampton Hospital 1902	Rockhampton Hospital Entrance ca. 1940	Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1953
Rockhampton Hospital 1930's	Rockhampton Hospital Nurses' Quarters opened 1954	Dedication of former Tannachy Hospital as St John's Hospital 1961
Staff members on the verandah of Tannachy Hospital 1920s	Panoramic view of the Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1940	Aerial view of Rockhampton Hospital 1954
Aerial View of the Rockhampton Hospital 1973	Aerial view of Rockhampton Hospital 1965	Westwood Sanatorium and its surrounds from a distance ca. 1920
Road to the Westwood Sanatorium ca. 1932	Rockhampton Women's Hospital ca. 1930	Rockhampton Women's Hospital ca. 1930
Rockhampton Women's Hospital ca. 1930	Rockhampton Women's Hospital ca. 1930	Convalescent Home, Yeppoon ca. 1920
Lady Goodwin Maternity Hospital, Rockhampton ca. 1940	Yeppoon Hospital 2008	Operating theatre Hillcrest Hospital Rockhampton early 1900s
Ward scene at the Rochampton Childrens Hospital early 20th Century.	Children's cot donated to Rockhampton Children's Hospital ca. 1913	Childrens cot donated to Rockhampton Childrens Hospital ca. 1913
Children in cots donated to Rockhampton Childrens Hospital ca. 1913	Early ward block at Rockhampton Hospital	Rockhampton Hospital Outpatients Department and Sister Kenny Clinic ca. 1939
The Rockhampton Hospital Medical Services Building in October 1986	View of Rockhampton Hospital from Quarry Street 19 March 2016	Postcard of Mount Morgan Hospital site ca. 1910
Rockhampton Hospital Ward 5ABC - Female Medical ca. 1980	Rockhampton Base Hospital Matron and Sisters Quarters ca. 1930	Rockhampton Base Hospital Matron and Sisters' Quarters ca. 1930
Opening of the first Mount Morgan Hospital, 30th August 1890	Queensland Governor Lord Lamington visits first Mount Morgan Hospital 5th June 1896	Doctors, nurses and dispenser at Mount Morgan's first hospital ca. 1905
Mount Morgan's first Hospital, the General, early 20th century	Country Hospital Museum at the Rockhampton Heritage Village in January 2017.	District Hospital, Hughenden Qld early 1960s
Maternity Wing, Mater Hospital Rockhampton 1950s	Muttaburra Hospital with car belonging to Dr Arratta ca. 1938	Rockhampton Hospital Nurses' Quarters fire 1945
Rockhampton Hospital Nurses Quarters under construction 1952	View of Mount Morgan’s first hospital from the river bank 1930s	View of Mount Morgan and the Dee River from the hospital ca.1910
View of Mount Morgan and the mine from the hospital ca.1910	Rockhampton Hospital view from Canning St. 1951	Christmas decorations in a hospital ward at the Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1930
A Rockhampton Hospital Ward decorated for Christmas ca. 1930	Decorated ward for Christmas in the Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1930	Rockhampton Hospital ward decorated for Christmas Day ca. 1930
The second Lady Goodwin Hospital at the Rockhampton Hospital