Monthly Archives: March 2015

1979 – The Royal Adelaide Hospital

  Pamela Joy Spry, Emeritus Director of Nursing, Royal Adelaide Hospital 7 7 9 This inaugural address was delivered at the first Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 11 July, 1979.     8 In A History of the Royal Adelaide Hospital written by J Estcourt Hughes, he states

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Dr William Wyatt

Dr William Wyatt (1804-1886) – surgeon, administrator, landowner, public servant and philanthropist – was a man of many parts, with surgery not featuring highly in his achievements, although he is reported to have performed the first amputation of a leg in the young Colony of South Australia. He is the

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Publications

The Heritage Office holds copies of publications and reference materials which explore the history of the Royal Adelaide Hospital from the very beginning of the institution. The history of the hospital portrayed within these publications covers topics such as nursing practice and education, development of the departments and buildings of

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Foundation Day Addresses 1979 – 2015

The Adelaide Hospital Foundation Stone was laid in 1840 with the hospital opening in 1841. Each year Royal Adelaide Hospital recognises its foundation with a ceremony held in the Chapel of the Residential Building during Royal Adelaide Hospital Week. The main feature of the event is an oration. In choosing

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St John Ambulance Museum Collection

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