Sydney Hospital

Hospital or other Health organisation

Hospital founded by Lachlan Macquarie and housed in a number of buildings in Macquarie Street.

Names
Alternate
Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary
Positions
Director
Riley, Alban Joseph
Director
Holden, John Rose
Medical practitioner
Cox, James Charles
1862
-
1872
Medical practitioner
Renwick, Arthur
1866
-
1875
Medical practitioner
Cox, James Charles
1873
-
1876
Surgeon
Cox, James Charles
1877
-
1879
Architect
Rowe, Thomas
1879
Medical practitioner
Cox, James Charles
1880
-
1911
Architect
Kirkpatrick, John
1891
Director
Graham, James
1892
-
1913
Director
Hooker, Leslie Joseph
1945
-
1964
Vice-president
Hooker, Leslie Joseph
1965
-
1976

Sydney Hospital and Eye Hospital

by Laila Ellmoos, 2008

 

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Built by Governor Macquarie and financed by an innovative scheme that exchanged the building of the hospital for the right to sell liquor, Sydney Hospital was part of Macquarie's plans for the future of the colony.
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