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Demolition of the Rachel Forster Hospital building, Redfern 4 October 2014

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Adams, Peter

Peter Adams is a Sydney-based musician and writer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Communication (Film and Sound) and a Graduate Diploma in Design from the University of Technology Sydney. For the past twenty-five years he has worked in film production, digital media, and information technology. He has taught media theory and production at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and Metro Screen.

Witton, Vanessa

Dr Vanessa Witton is a Sydney-based writer. She holds degrees in literature and education from the University of Sydney, and began her career as a professional educator, teaching for 13 years in disadvantaged New South Wales Department of Education public schools. In 2008 she was awarded a doctorate in writing from the University of Western Sydney for her historical novel and thesis based on the life of pioneer Australian woman doctor Dagmar Berne. For the following decade she worked as a writer and in various roles within small museums and archives in Sydney. Since 2018 Vanessa has been based at the School of Medicine, University of Wollongong and is currently working on an oral history project identifying the experiences of women in rural medical practice in Australia, and a project in collaboration with Justice Health New South Wales mapping the development of medical services in New South Wales prisons.

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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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.