Nineteenth century hospital which changed its focus of care from the mentally ill to the destitute and elderly. After several decades as a teaching hospital it merged with Bankstown hospital in 1996.
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Rookwood State Hospital and Home for Men
1913 - 1926
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Lidcombe State Hospital and Home
1927 - 1966
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Lidcombe Hospital was a large institution of a kind common in the nineteenth century. As the focus of care changed over time, men, women, the aged, influenza victims, surgical patients and others were looked after there. The piggery, dairy, vegetable gardens and poultry run sustained the inmates until the 1950s.
