Collection or topic
Hospitals
In this collection
3 records and collections
Story
Dr Samuel Peacock of Eastbourne House
Eastbourne House stands on the corner of Wellington Parade and Simpson Street in East Melbourne. It is a two-storey building of 16 rooms, with a large balcony overhanging Simpson Street, and is classified by the National Trust. It was built for Dr Samuel Peacock in 1902. He used...
Place
East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 092, St. Vincent's Maternity
Three storey brick hospital
Collection item
Epworth Hospital: its beginnings
Photocopy of page 282 from "Epworth, a Tradition of Care 1920-2010" by Janette Bomford. It tells of the opening of the Samaritan Nurses' Home at 111 Hotham Street in 1903. This was the start of what became Bethesda Hospital and ultimately the Epworth.