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The Royal Children's Hospital was a hospital for children in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 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

Quiet town northwest of Gympie. Kilkivan is a small town nestled in the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and on the bank of Wide Bay Creek. Historically it boomed during a brief goldrush - the area is rich in minerals - but today it is a quiet rural center, with attractive parks and interesting heritage buildings, which service the beef and cattle farmers in the surrounding district. Source: www.aussietowns.com.au/town/kilkivan-qld

The Federal Hotel at Kilkivan now Kilkivan Hotel Motel in the 1950’s was the place to be, it is now under new management so get out to Kilkivan and grab a cold one or a counter meal. Source: www.facebook.com/GympieRealTreasure/posts/the-federal-hot...

Located in the pictureesq town of Kilivan, The Kilkivan Hotel Motel is a watering hole with a difference. Under new management by the Boxing Tent legend Fred Brophy and his wife Sandra, the recently refurbished hotel is attracting visitors from near and far for its good old-fashioned Australian hospitality. Heritage - Listed the grand old Pub boasts a friendly public bar, a relaxing beer garden, and a country-style restaurant with some of the best home-cooked meals in the region. A range of charming, reasonably-priced accommodation options are also available - from bed and breakfast style hotel rooms to a fully appointed motel. Just 30 minutes from Gympie, the Kilkivan Hotel Motel is the perfect place to unwind and soak up the country atmosphere in relaxed welcoming surroundings. Source: www.gdaypubs.com.au/_hotel_kilkivanhotelmotelqld.html

It is also painted pink.

RAILWAY TERMINUS HOTEL was also known as Railway. Hill Street, Eton. Known by locals as the "top pub". It was destroyed by fire on Sunday, October 30, 1932. 1918 - 1932 E. HOWELLS (owner) Source: www.mackayhistory.org/research/hotels/hotels_l_to_z.html