Hospitals
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 Eastbourne House as a residence, a surgery and a private hospital solely for female patients.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 092, St. Vincent's Maternity
Three storey brick hospital
The hospital was built in 1914 by Nurse Ethel Ragg who owned it until her death in 1936. The building was named Somerset House but for many years the hospital was often known as Nurse (or Miss) Ragg's Private Hospital. In 1922 it came under the management of Nurse Grace Wilson and was simply known as Somerset House.
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.
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