The Site of the First General Hospital in Australia, NSW
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S 33° 51.617 E 151° 12.500
56H E 334262 N 6251891
A plaque in the Rocks area of Sydney, marking the location of the First General Hospital
Waymark Code: WMA0J0
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/26/2010
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The first hospital on this site, in 1788, consisted of two roughly constructed buildings. There was a garden at the rear growing native and exotic herbs, used to relieve the shortage of drugs.
The Second Fleet, arriving in June 1790, brought with it a portable hospital. That building was completed in bit more than a week. By the 13th of July there were 488 sick being treated.
The Nurses were selected from convicts and worked without pay but were maintained at public expense.
Age/Event Date: 1788
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only
Type of Historic Marker if other: Not listed
Related Website: Not listed
Historic Resources.: Not listed
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