P007499 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-10-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007499b.htm corporateBody Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital AACR2 The Queen’s Home 1902 1939 1902 1989 Start Place Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Hospitals or Clinics The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in Adelaide was opened in 1902 as South Australia's first maternity hospital, under the name the Queen's Home. It was the initiative of Audrey Tennyson, wife of South Australia's Governor Hallam Tennyson. Her concern was that women, particularly the poor and those from the country and remote areas, should have access to rest and quality healthcare after delivering their babies. The Hospital was established with the assistance of the South Australian Company. Antenatal clinics were opened in 1920, with the first medical registrar and resident medical officer being appointed in 1923. As well as maternity services, the Hospital provided training for nurses. In 1939 the Hospital was renamed the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, later being declared a public hospital under the provisions of the Hospital Benefits Act (1946). South Australia's first humidicribs were installed in 1925, while the state's first neonatal intensive care unit was established in 1975. The Hospital amalgamated with the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1989 to become the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children (from 1995 the Women's and Children's Hospital). Swift, Brian Herbert (1893 - 1969)

Honorary Senior Obstetrician 1928 -

 Adelaide Children's Hospital (1878 - 1989)

Amalgamated 1989, to become Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children

 'Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Governor's wife gets Adelaide's first public maternity hospital, the Queen's, in 1902, but no single women allowed Adelaide AZ Governor's wife gets Adelaide's first public maternity hospital, the Queen's, in 1902, but no single women allowed Adelaide Adelaide AZ 2024 AdelaideAZ Book: Nursing in South Australia : first hundred years 1837-1937 Nursing in South Australia : first hundred years 1837-1937 Adelaide South Australian Trained Nurses' Centenary Committee 1938 Resource: History of the WCH Women's and Children's Hospital History of the WCH Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2024