Entrance to the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1938, c. 1938, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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The Brisbane Women's Hospital was situated at Herston and was opened on 13 March 1938. Operating as a maternity hospital, it replaced the Lady Bowen Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. In 1967 it was renamed the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital.
Towards the end of 1929, it was agreed to build a new maternity hospital on land adjacent to the Brisbane Hospital at Herston. Construction commenced on 15 January 1934. The then Minister for Health, Mr Edward (Ned) Hanlon, officially opened the new Women's Hospital on 13 March 1938. The final cost of the new hospital was £201,779. In 1966, Queen Elizabeth 2nd gave permission to use the prefix "Royal" to the Brisbane Hospital and in 1967, the Queen also approved the use of the "Royal" prefix for the Brisbane Women's Hospital.
Florence Featherstonhaugh was Matron of the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, from 1938 to 1943.
1864 - 1867 Queensland Lying-In Hospital
1867 - 1938 Lady Bowen Hospital
1938 - 1967 Brisbane Women's Hospital
1967 - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Sources used to compile this entry: Foster, Frank M C, 'Allan, Robert Marshall (1886-1946)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2012, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allan-robert-marshall-4997/text8305; Patrick, Ross, The Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane : the first fifty years, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1988, 186 pp.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
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