royalchildrenshospital

History Nursing staff, circa 1899 Mary McConnel, a mother of six and grandmother, grew concerned at the lack of primary care for children in Brisbane. Inspired by the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in her home town of Edinburgh and London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, she endeavoured over fifteen years to raise money to found a children's hospital in the Brisbane.[1] In 1878, the Hospital for Sick Children opened in rented premises in Spring Hill. McConnel hired a nurse and matron from England to run the hospital, while local women were trained. The hospital quickly outgrew its 15-bed premises, and was moved to a larger building in Herston on land provided by the Queensland Government.[1] The hospital's name was changed to Brisbane Children's Hospital in 1943. Its name was changed again in 1967 to Royal Children's Hospital.[2] In 2009, a decision was made to merge the Royal Children's Hospital with Mater Children's Hospital in Stanley Street, South Brisbane to create a single children's hospital in Brisbane. The decision was very controversial with many people opposed to the merger, while others supported the merge but argued over location of the new hospital (some favouring the Herston site and other favouring the South Brisbane site).[3] The Queensland Children's Hospital opened on 29 November 2014, adjacent to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, in South Brisbane, with the Royal Children's Hospital and the Mater Children's Hospital closing immediately as their patients were transferred to the Queensland Children's Hospital.[4] In November 2016, the Queensland State Government announced the creation of the Herston Quarter Priority Development Area[5] to restore and redevelop the hospital site.[6] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Children%27s_Hospital,_Brisbane

McConnel Street on the River at Bulimba is said to be named after Mary McConnel. A tribute to a fine woman.

Many thanks for adding all these tea-themed photos to the vintage tea and cake group. Obviously you share our appreciation for the reflective ceremony of this beverage, whatever the setting.

Tea time? How bout WEE TIME? This elephant bladder has reached it's limit!!!

brisbane childrens hospital Children's Hospital Brisbane Foundation Years One of the brighter aspects of life is to observe, particularly during a general retrospect, that directivity which leads altruistic reformers to initiate noble minded deeds to alleviate suffering. The need for righting a wrong, or correcting a circumstance in which humane action and consideration are necessary, is readily apparent to the many. However, it is that benign trait of human nature which brings forth the few, who in the ultimate, feel impelled to initiate and carry out the task. In Brisbane during the early 1870's, fifty percent of the population died before reaching the age of five years. The General Hospital did not admit children under that age as the prevailing idea in those days was that they would be better nursed in their illness by parents in their own homes. However, the parents' inexperience of the correct medical treatment, the financial hardship in the cost of having constant attendance on the children and the high rate of child mortality created a pressing need for a sweeping change in the care of sick children of tender years. Source: www.brisbanehistory.com/childrens_hospital.html