| Title | Convalescent Home, Yeppoon ca. 1920 |
| Description | In the early 20th Century, Mt Chalmers, a town inland of Yeppoon and Emu Park, was a thriving mining community. However, the industry collapsed and through the generosity of the Mt Chalmers community, the Rockhampton Hospital Committee acquired the building and relocated it to the Yeppoon foreshore as a convalescent home. The Home was opened by Ald T. B. Renshaw, President of the General Hospital Committee on the afternoon of Saturday 7th July 1917. The building contained 2 wards, an operating room, dispensary, matron and nurses’ apartments, kitchen, and cook’s and assistants’ rooms, two bathrooms and two end rooms on the front and back verandas. Through the efforts of a local committee, the building was proclaimed a hospital in 1922.
Ref. 1917 ‘Yeppoon Convalescent Home.’, Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.: 1878-1954), 9 July p. 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53817533 |
| Publisher | Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc. |
| Source (Original) | Published by Galian Bros. Yeppoon Qld |
| Subject | Historic convalescent homes |
| Subject | Yeppoon Convalescent Home |
| Coverage - Spatial | Anzac Parade, Yeppoon, Queensland |
| Format of Original | postcard: colour; scan .tif 6.9MB 1968 x 1223 pixels |
| Rights | This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc. |
