Welcome to the Health Museum of South Australia
The physical structure of an institution is important, but a hospital is more than bricks and mortar, and it is the people who work in it, who give it quality and tradition. – J. Estcourt Hughes
Collection items can be accessed through the top tabs, and also through the
Health Museum of South Australia eHive catalogue.
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Royal Adelaide Hospital – Celebrating 175 Years
The Foundation Stone for the original Adelaide Hospital
was laid on 15 July 1840
Foundation Day 2015
William Wyatt Oration
“On the Shoulders of Giants”
Presented by Dr Peter S Hetzel AM
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Royal Adelaide Hospital Nursing Uniforms
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Courage and Compassion – War and Peace
1914-1918 Star Medal
This continually growing collection of images, biographies and diaries demonstrates the experiences of the nurses, doctors and surgeons of the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital who devoted their skills to serving in the Australian Forces.
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Foundation Day Addresses
The Foundation Stone
The Royal Adelaide Hospital Chapel Committee initiated the idea of a Commemoration Day to acknowledge and bring focus to the foundation of the hospital. The first Foundation Day Address was delivered in 1979. This collection will include all the Addresses delivered from 1979 to the present year.
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Collections
Royal Adelaide Hospital Heritage Office
The Heritage Office has been a functioning unit of the Royal Adelaide Hospital since the 1980s and actively seeks and collects items that have been part of the medical, corporate, academic or social life of South Australian medical history.
