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nice body wrap , was it used for spinal injury precautions & evacuation

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Classic Professional Cars, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I am sure this group would love this photo added www.flickr.com/groups/1118937@N24/

This ambulance was actually operated by the Central District of the NSW Ambulance Transport Service. The Central District was originally in charge of the Central Sydney (CBD) area, but gradually expanded to include all the Sydney Metropolitan Districts. The photo appears to be taken near Central Railway Station, where the ambulance headquarters were located. The lane is called Ambulance Avenue and is still there, just off Broadway. The NSWATSB was made up of members from the various District committees throughout NSW and was partly funded by the NSW Government. It was the fore runner to today's Ambulance Service of NSW.

sv1ambo Thanks for this extra interesting info. We have also added the photo to the group.

Yes, the photo is taken within the precinct of Central Railway Station. It is just of Railway Square and in the driveway that takes you under the station itself, which used to be called Ambulance Avenue. The building in the back is the old Parcels Office and is now the Medina Hotel. The edge of the building on the far right is Marcus Clarke - another GREAT Sydney Department store. Both buildings were completed in 1913 but Marcus Clarke had an extension done in 1928 which doesn't appear to be in this pic.

I did not know there were ambulance trams.

Here is some info from our catalogue, Archives Investigator, about the Railway and Tramways Ambulance Corps: "...The Commissioner for railways established the Railway and Tramways Ambulance Corps in 1885. The purpose of the service was to conduct training for railway staff in first aid techniques at metropolitan and rural centres to ensure that basic medical treatment could be provided to staff and the travelling public. Topics covered by the early classes included anatomy, bandaging, treating of wounds, arresting haemorrhage and transport of the injured and sick. ..." » More here

Thanks for that information. The "More here" link goes to a timed out link, alas.

Sorry! Here is the link to some Ambulance Corps info from our catalogue, Archives Investigator. If the link doesn't work you can do an "Agency" search from here using the keywords "ambulance corps" in the title field. We have also uploaded a Flickr set called Railway Ambulance Corps

OK. The link behind "some Ambulance Corps info" once again is timed out. This seems to be a common problem with links to a variety of online databases. For example, you cannot link to anything in the Australian War Memorial collection, or the National Archives of Australia online collection without the link timing out. Until an insider tells you the work around trick for those two insitutions' online collections, that is. I did as you suggested and used the Agency search with "Ambulance Corps" and found plenty of useful information. Thank you.