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Concord Repatriation General Hospital (abbreviated CRGH), commonly referred to as Concord Hospital, is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, on Hospital Road in
Concord
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. It is a teaching hospital of
Sydney Medical School at the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
, where it is referred to as Concord Clinical School, and a major facility in the Sydney Local Health District and the former
Sydney South West Area Health Service
Sydney South West Area Health Service, abbreviated SSWAHS and known by the corporate name Sydney South West Health, was an area health service charged with the provision of public health services in central and south-western Sydney. It was formed ...
. The NSW Statewide Severe Burn Injury Service and the
Bernie Banton
Bernard Douglas Banton AM (13 October 1946 – 27 November 2007) was an Australian social justice campaigner. He was the widely recognized face of the legal and political campaign to achieve compensation for the many sufferers of asbestos-relat ...
Centre, an asbestos diseases research institute, are located there.
Parts of the television series ''
All Saints'' were filmed at CRGH.
History
Prior to the
Second World War
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, the
Yaralla Estate on which the hospital is built belonged to philanthropist
Thomas Walker and subsequently his daughter Dame
Eadith Walker
Dame Eadith Campbell Walker (18 September 1861 - 8 October 1937) was an Australian heiress and philanthropist.
Life and career
Eadith Campbell Walker was born at The Rocks, Sydney, the only child of Scottish parents, Thomas Walker (philanthrop ...
. A small hospital had already been established on the site, known as the
Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital
The Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Buildings are a heritage-listed complex which formed the former Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, located at Hospital Road, Concord West, City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The site is no ...
. Following the death of Dame Eadith in 1937, the property was bequeathed to the Crown for development as a public hospital.
[''Walker Trusts Act 1938'' No. 31, as amended. State of New South Wales.]
The current hospital was commissioned in 1939 as a general hospital for the
Australian Army
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and opened on 11 March 1941. When completed in 1942, the 2,000-bed Yaralla Military Hospital (113th Australian General Hospital
.G.H. was the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. The main hospital building (currently known as the Multi Building) was one of the tallest buildings in Sydney when completed and its design won architects
Stephenson & Turner the
Sulman Award
The Sir John Sulman Medal is an architectural prize presented by the New South Wales chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects since 1932. The medal is sometimes referred to as the Sulman Award and now recognises excellence in public an ...
in 1946.
Following the war, the hospital became a repatriation hospital for returned servicemen under the jurisdiction of the
Commonwealth government
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, with a change in name to Repatriation General Hospital, Concord (RGHC). In 1963, RGHC became a teaching hospital of the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
.
Recognising the growing community need, the hospital began providing care for general community patients in 1974, including the opening of an emergency department in 1977. In 1993, the hospital was transferred to the Central Sydney Area Health Service of the
New South Wales
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Department of Health as a public hospital and renamed to the current Concord Repatriation General Hospital.
Memorials
Although it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Veterans' Affairs
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, the hospital retains a historical significance to the
veteran
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A military veteran that has ...
s community in New South Wales. A number of memorials maintain these links, including:
*
Australian Hospital Ship ''Centaur'' memorial, a
stained-glass window
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adjacent to the main entrance of the hospital
*
Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway and memorial rose garden, forming the major part of the designated route for commuting to/from
Rhodes railway station
Rhodes railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburbs of Rhodes and Liberty Grove both in City of Canada Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Train ...
.
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Anzac Day
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remembrance services
Future
During mid-2006, construction work commenced on a new mental health precinct at the northern end of the hospital grounds. On completion the Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service (SSWAHMS) will relocate the majority of its existing services from
The Rozelle Hospital to the new facilities at CRGH.
Gallery
File:CRGH Main entrance.jpg, Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Entrance
File:CRGH Main Emergency entrance.jpg, Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Emergency Ambulance Entrance
File:CRGH Main Emergency entrance 2.jpg, Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Emergency Entrance
See also
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Healthcare in Australia
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*
Lists of hospitals
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By continent
*Lists of hospitals in Africa
*Lists of hospitals in Asia
*Lists of h ...
*
List of hospitals in Australia
This is a list of hospitals in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory
Public
* Calvary Public Hospital – Bruce
* The Canberra Hospital – Garran
* Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre – Curtin
* University of Canberra Hospital – Belcon ...
*
Repatriation General Hospital
References
External links
Concord Repatriation General Hospital website
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Hospital buildings completed in 1942
Hospitals in Sydney
Teaching hospitals in Australia
Hospitals established in 1942
Streamline Moderne architecture in Australia
Sydney Medical School
1942 establishments in Australia
Art Deco architecture in Sydney
Buildings and structures awarded the Sir John Sulman Medal