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Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1957 - 1973)
- From
- 1957
- To
- 1973
- Categories
- Maternity Home, Salvation Army, Home, Lying-in Home
- Alternative Names
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- Bethesda
- Bethesda Hospital
Bethesda Maternity Hospital was a Salvation Army maternity home, rescue home and hospital located at Victoria Road and Lester Street, Marrickville. The Bethesda Hospital was a new building, erected on the same grounds as the Hopeleigh Maternity Hospital (which had also been referred to as 'Bethesda' since the 1920s). This Bethesda Hospital in Marrickville was not related to Bethesda Home for Waiting Mothers at Camperdown.
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The Hopeleigh Maternity Hospital had been commonly referred to as Bethesda since it was extensively renovated in 1926, but the official name change appears to have occurred in March 1957, when a purpose-built maternity hospital was erected next to Hopeleigh.
The new building was named Bethesda Maternity Hospital and became the main building for the site. The Hopeleigh Hospital building was converted to nurse accommodation and a laundry. The site as a whole was known as Bethesda Maternity Hospital.
Bethesda Maternity Hospital served the same purposes as Hopeleigh: housing homeless women and girls, unmarried pregnant women without support, and some infants.
When Bethesda Maternity Hospital closed in 1973 the site was renamed Stead House and converted to a hostel for unmarried mothers, low income people and students. In 2007 the Salvation Army closed Stead House and sold the site to the developer. The Hopeleigh building and the Bethesda Maternity Hospital building were bought by developers and converted to apartments in 2011-2012.
Locations
- 1957 - 1973
- Address - Bethesda Maternity Hospital was situated at 80 Victoria Road (also referred to as 12 Leicester Street), Marrickville
Timeline
- 1910 - 1956
- Hopeleigh Maternity Home
- 1957 - 1973
- Bethesda Maternity Hospital
- 1973 - 2007
- Stead House
- Series Title
- Details of Unmarried Mothers' Babies for Child Endowment and Adoption, Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1970 - 1973)
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1973
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Adoption Register (Completed Adoptions), Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1967 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1967 - 1974
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Adoption Request Registers, Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1963 - 1973)
- Date Range
- 1963 - 1973
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Unmarried Mothers' Register, Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1967 - 1973)
- Date Range
- 1967 - 1973
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Register of Patients, Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1966 - 1973)
- Date Range
- 1966 - 1973
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Case Notes, Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1956 - 1973)
- Date Range
- 1956 - 1973
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
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