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Lady Bowen Hospital

1942 establishments in AustraliaDefunct hospitals in AustraliaHospital buildings completed in 1942Hospitals in BrisbaneJohn H. Buckeridge buildings
Queensland Heritage RegisterSpring Hill, QueenslandUse Australian English from December 2016
Lady Bowen Lying In Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, c. 1912
Lady Bowen Lying In Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, c. 1912

Lady Bowen Hospital is a heritage-listed former maternity hospital at 497-535 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John H. Buckeridge and built from 1889 to 1890 by John Quinn. It was also known as Brisbane Lying-In Hospital, Lady Bowen Hostel, and Anzac House & Club. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 April 1999.The hospital was named after Lady Diamantina Bowen, the wife of the then Queensland Governor Sir George Bowen. Lady Bowen had been the first patron of the Ladies' Committee of the Lying-In Hospital, whose mission was to provide safe maternity facilities for women in Brisbane.

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Lady Bowen Hospital
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane City Spring Hill (Spring Hill)

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Wickham Terrace 497
4000 Brisbane City, Spring Hill (Spring Hill)
Queensland, Australia
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Lady Bowen Lying In Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, c. 1912
Lady Bowen Lying In Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, c. 1912
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