Photos of the Old Bega Hospital in 1988

Photos of the Old Bega Hospital have come from a number of sources over many years. Copies are collected here for convenience and safekeeping. Generally the provenance, author, copyright ownership and even the date of each photo, are unknown. We are more than happy to acknowledge sources and ownership where they are known, and apologise for any breaches. We are also working on identifying more precisely and accurately what is shown in each photo. If you can help with any of these aspects for any of the photos please Contact Us. Photos are listed here in approximately date order with the most recent photos at the top.

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• 2017
• Since the fire in 2004
• 1988 to the fire in 2004
• 1988, when the community restored the Hospital as a community centre
• 1956 to 1987, the lean years when the Hospital fell into disrepair
• Pre 1956, when the Hospital was working as a hospital
• Pre 1900

Photos from 1988, when the community restored the Hospital as a community centre

The restored exterior

Bow window in the Matron's Office, showing tiled floor which mostly survived the 2004 fire

Matron's Office, looking north through bay windows

 

Tree planting. Jackie Miles and Max Campbell on left, possibly Don Firth in centre, Alastair Clarke and probably Daisy Trendall on right

 

More tree planting and gardening

Yet more tree planting and garden establishement

Restored Women's Ward verandah

 

Restored Men's Ward verandah. Hay still stored on Nurses' Quarters verandah behind

Restored hallway

   

Restored window arch (north side of main building)   

Smoko on a verandah

Cleaning walls, Women's Ward. Scaffolding, ladder, bucket, gloves

Trenches and brickwork, western end of the main building looking north

Restored mantelpiece

Restored ward, windows. Restored ward, with fireplace and doors

 

Window repair workshop on Women's ward north verandah

General repairs workshop

  

Windows waiting for rehabilitation

   

Preparing for replacement of verandah timber, southern side main building. Asphalt on ground, possibly intended to reduce damp. Numerous holes in brickwork

  

Brick arches in northeast corridor

 

Working on a door (?). Window frame clamps on floor (?)

   

North-east corner and eastern end of Women's Ward: windows awaiting re-installation

    

North side of Women's Ward, windows and doors under repair. Electrical holes & channels patched

Installing verandah sliding windows

Arbelia cleaning a door. Arbelia sweeping and Brendan Dwyer sawing, February 1988

 

Men's Ward, looking east, with stacked materials - timber, corrugated iron

Men's Ward north verandah looking east, with unidentified tubular materials stacked

 

Looking south through the building on north-south axis. Looks like a concrete verandah

 

North view framed by window: erandah awaiting new roof, hydrangeas

Looking east along the northern side: freshly painted steps

Restoring the room at the western end of the main building, that became the Family Day Care office

Exterior of restored window masonry, along north side of main building

 

Layers of paint, stripped back heritage colours. New colours in background

Women's Ward: doors, windows, flooring

Women's Ward and verandah, restored

Main building from north and from northwest. Garden wall across the front suggests 1988 restoration, as that wall is absent in earlier photos, and is present in 2017

General views of north side of restored main building, showing steps down into garden with new brick wall

More general views of restored main building from the north

More distant general views showing dirt driveway up to northern entrance.