| Title | Rockhampton Hospital ward decorated for Christmas Day ca. 1930 |
| Description | The photograph shows a ward in the Rockhampton Hospital decorated for Christmas Day ca. 1930. The wards were Nightingale style wards with rows of beds along two walls. A group of 6 nurses can be seen arranged the centra table and there is a patient in the adjacent bed on the right hand side. In earlier times, patients were in hospital for longer periods than they are now and the nurses lived in quarters at the hospital. Christmas was marked by competitions for the best decorated wards and Hospitals Board members and senior staff usually visited the hospitals on Christmas. Santa Clause distributed gifts to children. |
| Publisher | Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc. |
| Source (Original) | Photograph donated by Nurse Anne Maud Charles |
| Coverage - Spatial | Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Format of Original | photographic print:sepia 11.6 cm x 7.0 cm; scan .tif 25.5 MB 2704 x 1646 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. |
