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Women selling buttons to raise money for the Rachel Forster Hospital c1962

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Rachel Forster Hospital, Pitt Street, Redfern

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Rachel Forster Hospital

The Rachel Forster Hospital has provided services to women since 1922 including training for female doctors, and later nurses. Until the 1960s its staff were almost exclusively female. It became a public hospital in 1930 and developed into a centre for innovation in the treatment of breast cancer and orthopaedic surgery before closing in 2000.

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Charity and Philanthropy

Hospitals

Rachel Forster Hospital

Women's hospital established in 1922 in Surry Hills by Lucy Gullett and Harriet Biffin before moving to Redfern. It was named for Lady Forster, the wife of the Governor General.

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Rachel Forster Hospital, Pitt Street, Redfern

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Hospital building constructed in 1941 in Pitt Street Redfern on the site of William Redfern's cottage by the Rachel Forster Hospital organisation to expand on their smaller premises on George Street, Redfern. The building on Pitt Street was in use for 60 years before being abandoned with the intention of using the site for high rise residences.