Separation

The General Hospital at North Ward, Townsville, with L-shaped new nurses quarters behind, 1958. Slide by Peter Petersen, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Cooktown Hospital, 1969. Slide by Lynne Clancy, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Maryborough Base Hospital, c1959. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Maryborough Base Hospital, c1958. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Toowoomba Hospital, 1959. Slide by Heatherbell Mellor, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Mount Isa Hospital from lookout, 1960. Slide by Edward Robertson, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Outback hospital, Forsayth, 1971. Slide by Dennis Costigan, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Ayr District Hospital, built in 1945, c1958. Slide by Beth Snewin, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

St Martins Hospital, Ann Street, Brisbane, 1972. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Hospitals were often sited on the outskirts of towns and cities in Queensland, clearly separating the ill from the healthy. The general hospital in Brisbane was moved from the government precinct in George Street in the city to the suburb of Herston, some kilometres away along a barely made road. Postcards from the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Separation

Townsville Hospital, 1958

Cooktown Hospital, 1969

Maryborough Base Hospital, c1959

Maryborough Base Hospital, c1958

Toowoomba Hospital, 1959

Mount Isa Hospital from lookout, 1960

Outback hospital, Forsayth, 1971

Ayr District Hospital, c1958

St Martins Hospital, Ann Street, Brisbane, 1972

Queensland hospitals, postcards