The Queen Elizabeth Centre (QEC) in
Ballarat, Victoria
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is a part of the
Ballarat Health Service.
History
The QEC was formed in 1859 and opened on 20 February 1860 as the "Ballarat Benevolent Asylum". It became the Queen Elizabeth Geriatric Centre sometime before 1960 and is now called the Queen Elizabeth Centre.
In 1997, the QEC merged with the
Ballarat Base Hospital
The Ballarat Base Hospital is a hospital located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is a public hospital operated by Ballarat Health Services. Ballarat Health Services employs approximately 4000 staff at the Base Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth ...
and the
Grampians Psychiatric Service
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to form the
Ballarat Health Service.
References
Ballarat Historic TimelinePicture Australia
Ballarat and its Benevolent Asylum: A Nineteenth-Century Model of Christian Duty, Civic Progress and Social Reform
Helen W. Kinloch, February 2004.
Buildings and structures in Ballarat
Hospitals in Victoria (state)
Hospitals established in 1860
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