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Hospitals

  • Ardlui Private Hospital

    ‘Ardlui’ Private Hospital was the second to operate in Smith Street, near its neighbour...
  • Bundoora Homestead

    In 1899 John Matthew Vincent Smith purchased the 600 acre property 'Bundoora Park'. Smith was a well...
  • Colchester Private Hospital

    68 James Street is an early Italianate mansion built in 1881 by Frederick Catherwood. At the time is was...
  • Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital

    Victoria in the 1860s was rife with disease. Diphtheria, typhoid, small pox and scarlet fever were all...
  • Fairhaven

    Fairhaven was a veneral diseases hospital established in 1927 on the site of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum....
  • John Seccull

    John Seccull designed and built the Westgarth Theatre, and was a member of the family who lived in the house...
  • Larundel Mental Asylum

    Larundel Hospital was conceived in 1938 to replace the outdated Kew mental hospital. By 1940 work was well...
  • Lilleville Private Hospital

    The ‘Lillieville’ Private Hospital was operated by Nurse M. Hooper from 73 and later 105 Darebin Road,...
  • Little Sisters of the Poor

    The Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor was founded in 1846 at Rennes by French nun Jeanne Jugan, known...
  • Maristowe

    31 Station Street Fairfield Maristowe is a substantial red brick Federation style house located at 31...
  • Melbourne Retreat for the Cure of Inebriates

    The Northcote Inebriates Retreat first came into existence in October 1873 under the provisions of the...
  • Melrose Private Hospital

    Like most of Darebin’s private hospitals it originated in the later 1910s and survived until the 1930s....
  • 'Mia Mia' Private Hospital

    The ‘Mia Mia’ Private Hospital was established by Nurse N. Fox during the First World War. It...
  • PANCH - Preston and Northcote Community Hospital

    Preston and Northcote Community Hospital was envisaged during World War II, constructed in the post-war years...
  • PANCH Plaques

    Plaques collected from former Panch Hospital. Note: # indicates small unmounted plaque approx 50mm x 20mm....
  • Private Hospitals- an overview

    Until the opening of the Preston and Northcote Community Hospital (PANCH) in 1960 there was no public...
  • Vivian Bullwinkel

    Vivian Bullwinkel was born in Kapunda, South Australia on 18 December 1915. After training as a nurse she...
  • Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum

    As the population of Melbourne grew from a handful of people in 1835 to thousands in the 1840s, a significant...
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