Hospital buildings guide
A select list of sources relating to hospital buildings, including sketches, plans and photographs
This Guide provides a select list of sources relating to hospital buildings, including sketches, plans and photographs.
Medical staff arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 and a temporary hospital was constructed at Sydney Cove. The arrival of the Second Fleet showed the inadequacy of the first building, with many convicts being housed in tents in the hospital grounds. Sydney Hospital was opened in 1816. Hospitals were also built at Windsor, Bathurst, Liverpool and Goulburn in the early 1800s.
Select list of sources
Health
Series | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General matters 'C' files Includes extensions to hospital buildings. | 1930-1986 | |
Miscellaneous papers Includes miscellaneous sketches and plans. | c.1941-1943 | |
Copies of plans of Prince Henry Hospital | 1892-1920 | |
Files relating to the erection of David Berry Hospital | 13 Jan 1908-4 May 1937 | |
General files (North Metropolitan Regional Office) Includes files re building and maintenance work | c.1940-1983 | |
Files relating to private hospitals (North Metropolitan Regional Office) Contains material re building alterations | c.1960-1976 | |
Gladesville Mental Hospital, Book of Photographs This volume includes photographs of various parts of the hospital, taken before and after renovation | c.1966 | |
North Ryde Psychiatric Centre Plans | 1955-1964 | |
Inspector's Book Includes comments on the condition of hospital buildings. | 1879-1896 | |
Parramatta Psychiatric Centre, Plans of the Centre An index to those plans bearing an index number is located at [8/3047]. | 1876-1974 |
Government Architect
Series | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
Sketches and plans of hospitals and technical colleges | 1936-1938 | |
NRS 4346 (photos) (Reel 2786) | Photographs of public buildings in New South Wales These photographs are listed in full in the Guide to the records of the Government (Colonial) Architect 1837-c.1970 which is available in the reading room | c.1880-1940 |
Building 'B' files Until the establishment of a hospital building 'H' register in 1950, the 'B' system was used for registering files relating to hospital and health buildings.Item lists are available in the catalogue (follow the series link) | 1936-1990 | |
Files re health buildings ('H' files) Item lists are available in the catalogue (follow the series link) | 1935-1991 |
Government Printing Office
Series | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
NRS 4481 (Reels 2546, 2547, 2643) | Glass and film negatives This series includes images of Sydney Hospital, Macquarie St. Alterations; Gladesville Hospital; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Rydalmere Hospital. A selection of the images in this series have been digitised and may be viewed on our website. To locate digitised photos, go to our website home page and search the collection using the hospital name as the search term. | c.1870-1988 |
Colonial Secretary
Series | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Special Bundles (see the listings) - Extensions to Prince Alfred Hospital and financial subsidies, 1899-1913 [5/5260] - South Sydney Hospital, proposed extensions, 1909-15 [5/7108.5] - Proposed extension to Sydney Hospital, 1909-16 [5/5301] | ||
NRS 1328 [4/7776] | Minute book of the Hospital's Advisory Board Includes hospital sites and plans. | 20 Jun 1918-21 Jun 1929 |
Further reading
See the listings for Treasury; NRS 14194, Special bundles, 1846-1984 and Attorney General's Department; NRS 333, Special bundles, 1874-1984. Consult our catalogue under the following agencies:
- Hospitals Commission of NSW
- Board of Health
- Inspector General of Mental Hospitals.
See also the Guide to the records of the Government (Colonial) Architect 1837-c.1970 (Government Architect's Guide) and the Departmental Special Bundle listings, available in the Reading Room.