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Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart

Former hospital in Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia

Summary

Former hospital in Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia

Field	Value
name	Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart
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caption
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location	Battery Point
region	Hobart
state	Tasmania
country	Australia
healthcare	DHHS
type	Maternity, neonatal care
speciality	Midwifery
emergency	Yes, Neonatal Intensive care
affiliation	None
beds	11
founded	1902
closed	1980
website	None
other_links	] --

The Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women was a maternity hospital and children's hospital established at Hobart, Tasmania in 1905 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902 on a site in Hampden Road, Battery Point.

The hospital was primarily designed to care for women who were pregnant, in need of natal and neonatal care, and as a training hospital for midwives and nurses.

It was originally operated by a private board of management, but in 1950 it came under the control of the Government of Tasmania, who increasingly affiliated its services with those of the Royal Hobart Hospital. In 1980, the building in Battery Point which was becoming too antiquated for modern health care services, was closed, and the Queen Alexandra hospital was moved to a new wing attached to the Royal. In 1999, the Queen Alexandra wing was leased to a private hospital organisation, which re-opened the site as the Hobart Private Hospital.

Notable people

Births

Max Bingham (1927–2021), politician
Martin Bryant (born 1967), perpetrated the Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
Queen Mary of Denmark (born 1972)
Errol Flynn (1909–1959), actor
Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer) (born 1946)

Staff

Bruce Hamilton (ophthalmologist) (1901–1968), ophthalmic surgeon
Doone Kennedy (1927–2014), politician who served as a president or board member of numerous organizations, including QAH

References

link. (20 July 2008 , [[Archives Office of Tasmania]].)
(28 March 1927). "Family Notices.". National Library of Australia.
(2005-11-01). "Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark". Allen & Unwin.
(22 October 1946). "Family Notices". [[The Mercury (Hobart).

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