• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE6516

Crown Street Women’s Hospital

(From 1893 – 1983)
  • Occupation Hospital

Summary

Originally founded by Dr James Graham in 1893 in Hay Street, the Women’s Hospital moved to Crown Street, Surry Hills, in 1897. The Board of the Women’s Hospital met for the first time on 13 August 1895.

From 1900, Crown Street became a teaching hospital in obstetrics for medical students at the University of Sydney. By 1943, the hospital had become the largest maternity hospital in the state.

The Crown Street Women’s Hospital closed on 31 March 1983.

Archival resources

    • Crown Street Women's Hospital

Published resources

  • Book
    • Crown Street Women's Hospital: A history 1893-1983, Godden, Judith, 2016
    • The Women's Hospital (Crown Street) 1893-1983: A family remembers, Hayes, P, Sparrow, P, Thornton, A, Robinson, C, Doyle, L, and H Woolston, 1994

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