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Repatriation General Hospital, AMF Wing, Concord 1940s

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Hurley, Frank

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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.

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Concord Repatriation General Hospital

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Hospital built in 1939-42 on land bequeathed for the purpose by Dame Eadith Walker, which was a military hospital during World War II and later a hospital for returned service personnel. The hospital has provided for general patients since 1974.

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Inner-western residential suburb characterised by a large number of public parks. It was named after the town in Massachusetts by Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose, who had served there during the American War of Independence.