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Little Bay Sanatorium Coast Hospital 1884

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Little Bay Sanatorium Coast Hospital 1884

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

Hospitals

Despite medical and scientific advances, the huge hospital complexes of today face similar challenges of staffing, capacity and politics as those of Sydney's first tent hospitals.

Smallpox epidemic 1881

Starting with a small Chinese child in The Rocks, the smallpox epidemic of 1881-82 had large consequences for the Chinese community who were further reviled and restricted and for the dozens of Sydneysiders quarantined for months at North Head. Despite the relative mildness of the outbreak, fear was rife, and the epidemic led to an overhaul of the colony's health regulations.

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Prince Henry Hospital

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Hospital established during the smallpox epidemic of 1881, on a then isolated bay south of the city. Later used as a convalescent hospital, and later as an infectious diseases hospital, it became a full teaching hospital and operated on the site until it was redeveloped for housing from 2001. Services were transferred to the Prince of Wales hospital.

Little Bay

South-eastern coastal suburb built on the formerly isolated land used for a quarantine station and later an infectious diseases hospital.

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