Rockhampton Hospital Nurses Quarters under construction 1952
Title Rockhampton Hospital Nurses Quarters under construction 1952
Description his block was under construction as quarters for nurses at the Rockhampton Hospital between 1950 and 1954. This photograph was taken in 1952. The five storey building was designed to provide accomodation for 172 nurses and cost £261,000 to construct. The building was demolished in the second half of 2008 as part of the redevelopment of the Rockhampton Hospital. Nurses had been living in temporary quarters since the previous quarters burned down in 1945.
Image Number 428
Publisher Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original) John Oxley Library
Subject Nurses Quarters
Coverage - Spatial Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time 1952
Format of Original photographic print: b&w 24.0 cm x 18.3 cm; scan .tif 20.0 MB 2987 x 2338 pixels
Digital Format image/jpeg
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.