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Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Benevolent Asylum
... Benevolent Asylum...Benevolent Asylum... Ballarat goldfields Benevolent Asylum This photograph is from ...This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, benevolent asylum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: BENDIGO BENEVOLENT ASYLUM, 1--1930? 2--1945
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: BENDIGO BENEVOLENT ASYLUM...Bendigo Benevolent Asylum... ORGANIZATION Institution Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Bendigo Advertiser ...Newspaper. Harry Biggs Collection. 1. A newspaper cutting from Bendigo Advertiser titled 'Asylum and it's work. 7907 Relief Distributions at cost of 2022 pounds. Annual report from annual meeting comments on the past year of stress due to the Depression. 2. Newspaper article titled 'Funds from Fair will furnish first floor at Benevolent Home.Bendigo Advertiserorganization, institution, bendigo benevolent asylum -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital and Benevolent Asylum c1897
... Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital and Benevolent Asylum...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell... and Benevolent Asylum c1897 Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum ...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell Hospital Main building with gardens at foregroundstawell hospital medical -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum
... Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell... Asylum Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell ...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell Hospital. Gardens in foreground and several nursing staffstawell hospital medical -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital and Benevolent Asylum c1897
... Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital and Benevolent Asylum...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell... and Benevolent Asylum c1897 Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum ...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell Hospital First Permanent Building Incorporated 1897. Nurses seated on lawn.stawell hospital medical -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum
... Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell... Asylum Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell ...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell Hospital looking from hospital steps to front gate. Four nurses on lawn near fountain.stawell hospital medical -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum c1890 -- Postcard
... Pleasant Creek -- Stawell Hospital & Benevolent Asylum...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell... Asylum c1890 -- Postcard Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent ...Pleasant Creek Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. Stawell Hospital First Permanent Building Semco Series Postcard. Writing on back short note to Mrs Irvine of Great Western from Jinnie Kinsellastawell hospital medical -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Provisions Register 1897 - 1908
... Bendigo Benevolent Asylum...The Benevolent Asylum was established to provide both...Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Provisions Register 1897 - 1905... The Benevolent Asylum was established to provide both indoor and outdoor ...The Benevolent Asylum was established to provide both indoor and outdoor charitable relief for the destitute and aged. Initially it was in a slab and weatherboard building before getting it's permanent home in 1860. (Now Ann Caudle Centre). From 1868 - 1885 an industrial school for children was included. In 1884 a Lying in Hospital was included and this closed in 1920.Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Provisions Register 1897 - 1905. Green coloured marbled pattern cover with red and white tape on the spine with lined ledger pages. The ledger includes the provisions acquired and dispersed each day. All entries handwritten in ink. Standard supplies included with space to add special items.bendigo benevolent asylum, provisions register -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, The Melbourne Benevolent Asylum: Haven of Rest- Published by The Friends of Cheltenham & Regional Cemeteries Inc.- Travis M Sellers-2012
... The Melbourne Benevolent Asylum: Haven of Rest- Published... The Melbourne Benevolent Asylum: Haven of Rest- Published by The Friends ... -
Bendigo Art Gallery
Photograph - Work on paper, Nicholas CAIRE, The Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School, 1875
... The Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School... on paper Photograph The Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial ...Inscribed on original mountcard, l.l., gold letterpress, "N.J. CAIRE". Not dated.albumen, mental health, medicine hospital, bendigo, asylum -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Hospital & Benevolent Asylum Subscriptions 1914 – 1921, 1914 - 1921
... Hospital & Benevolent Asylum Subscriptions 1914 – 1921... grampians Archive Hospital & Benevolent Asylum Subscriptions 1914 ...Badly Faded outer cover. Suede Bound with one corner missingCashbookstawell, hospital, medical -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Fete Chinese Procession
... Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Fete Chinese Procession... Ballarat goldfields Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Fete Chinese ...This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, benevolent home, chinese procession -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Benevolent Asylum Panorama
... Benevolent Asylum Panorama... Ballarat goldfields Benevolent Asylum Panorama This photograph ...This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, benevolent home, panorama -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - FLEMING COLLECTION: 1950S BENDIGO SLIDE, 1950s
... Bendigo. Benevolent Asylum... Club green, Barnard Street, Bendigo. Benevolent Asylum... Bendigo. Benevolent Asylum Kodak Bendigo 1950s. Men playing bowls ...Bendigo 1950s. Men playing bowls at the Bendigo Bowling Club green, Barnard Street, Bendigo. Benevolent Asylum in background.Kodakbendigo 1950s. men playing bowls bendigo bowling club green bendigo. benevolent asylum -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Memorabilia - Ball Ticket - Charity Ball, n.d
... Portland Benevolent Asylum and Hospital was founded in 1849..., on behalf of the Portland Benevolent Asylum and hospital... of the Bazaar Fund, on behalf of the Portland Benevolent Asylum ...Portland Benevolent Asylum and Hospital was founded in 1849. Benevolent asylums were places that housed anyone who could not support themselves; these were usually the aged, infirm, disabled and destitute. Benevolent Asylums also served as immigrants' homes, blind asylums, orphanages, lying-in hospitals and lunatic asylums. Benevolent asylums were often associated with hospitals in rural towns; they have evolved into aged care homes and hospitals in larger towns.Variegated card (orange, yellow, green) ticket, gold edge, black print and text. Charity ball in aid of the Bazaar Fund, on behalf of the Portland Benevolent Asylum and hospitalBack: '98' black pen -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine, Evening Echo Historical Edition 1904, 1904
... benevolent asylum... and white images throughout. Images include Ballarat Benevolent... asylum ballarat benevolent asylum call room ballarat mining ...03 December 1904 was the 100th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade. A special Eureka 100th anniversary magazine supplement to the Evening Echo. The soft cover is predominately red, with many black and white images throughout. Images include Ballarat Benevolent Asylum, Ballarat Hospital and Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, Ballarat Mining Exchange Call Room, Stockbrokers.eureka stockade, eureka, ballarat hospital, aborigines, ames long, eureka iron works, cameron and sutherland, william little, craigs royal hotel, james scobie, peter lalor, ballaarat old cemetery, sturt street, prince alfred, city flour mill, bridge street, bakery hill, orphan, gong gong, victoria streets, pioneer, ballarat school of mines, mining exchange, holst, benevolent asylum, ballarat benevolent asylum, call room, ballarat mining exchange, sturt street without gardens, stock exchange, share trading, stockbrokers, pioneers, craig's hotel, craig's royal hotel, ballarat mining exchange call room, ballaarat mechanics' institute -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph - Photograph, 1908 Excavation commences for the Melbourne Benevolent Society, Cheltenham, 1908 Excavation commences for the Melbourne Benevolent Society, Cheltenham, 1908
... benevolent asylum... in Melbourne, as the Victoria Benevolent Asylum to "relieve the aged... in Melbourne, as the Victoria Benevolent Asylum to "relieve the aged ...Excavating prior to the building of Melbourne Benevolent Society in Cheltenham. The Centre had begun life in 1850 in Melbourne, as the Victoria Benevolent Asylum to "relieve the aged, infirm, disabled and destitute poor of all creeds and nations and to minister to them the comfort of religion" It outgrew its North Melbourne premises so was located to a new site at Warrigal Road, Cheltenham. The foundation stone was laid in 1909, and the main buildings were completed in 1911. In 1970 the benevolent Asylum was re-named Kingston Centre. The photograph is black and white. It's a photo depicting the excavation prior to the building of Melbourne Benevolent Society in Cheltenham. The photograph shows eleven workers at the excavation site. There are two horses with carriages and a large excavating machine to the right of the photograph. benevolent asylum, benevolent society, cheltenham, train, machinery, men, society, horses, kingston centre -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: BENDIGO LANDMARKS, 1912
... Benevolent asylum... is written ' Entrance to Lake ' , (d) Bendigo Benevolent Asylum.... to the Lake Benevolent asylum Group of four black and white ...Group of four black and white photographs depicting Bendigo landmarks in 1912. (a) The Bendigo Conservatory, (b) Interior of the Fernery, (c) Photograph showing a set of ornamental gates set into a picket fence, with many large mature trees behind. On the reverse is written ' Entrance to Lake ' , (d) Bendigo Benevolent Asylum.place, bendigo, landmarks, bendigo conservatory, fernery, entrance to the lake, benevolent asylum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: SILVER TROWEL, 11/12/1963
... Bendigo Benevolent Asylum... of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. A photo shows Administrator... Collection Silver Trowel Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Bendigo Advertiser ...Newspaper. Harry Biggs Collection. Newspaper article from Bendigo Advertiser telling of the discovery of a silver trowel at the Kyabram tip. This trowel was used to lay the memorial stone of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. A photo shows Administrator of Bendigo's Home & Hospital for the Aged. Mr A. Mayne showing it to the Assistant Administrator Mr A. G. Lacy.Bendigo Advertiserorganization, institution, bendigo beneolent asylum, harry biggs collection, silver trowel, bendigo benevolent asylum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION - BENDIGO BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
... Bendigo Benevolent Asylum... of presentations were made at Bendigo Benevolent Asylum to seven Queens... ORGANIZATION Institution Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Harry Biggs ...Newspaper. Harry Biggs Collection. 1. Newspaper cutting titled: Queens Ronored. Committees of Charities make Presentation. Workers in Campaign eulogised. A series of presentations were made at Bendigo Benevolent Asylum to seven Queens & their supports during the recent Easter Carnival. 2. Newspaper cutting titled: Holding the men for War Purposes.organization, institution, bendigo benevolent asylum, harry biggs collection, bendigo benevolent society, easter carnival queens -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
... benevolent asylum... for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation stone having... called for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation ...The land for this building was granted to the Benevolent Society by James Atkinson in 1850. Tenders were being called for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation stone having been laid and by 1856 the first part of the Hospital was completed. These extensions probably carried out 1930's?????Black and white photograph of Right side of hospital new extension with bay windowshospital, institution, health service, extension, benevolent asylum, benevolent society -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Lauretta Zilles, Maladies, Medicos & Miracle Cures: A Guide to the History of Medicine in Castlemaine and District from 1851-c1950, 04/1991
... benevolent asylum... Surgeons, Opticians, Nurses, Midwives, Chiropody, Benevolent Asylum..., Nurses, Midwives, Chiropody, Benevolent Asylum, Private Hospitals ...This is a catalogue supporting an exhibition held at the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.Grey soft covered booklet printed to accompany am exhibiton held at Castlemaine and Historical Museum during Heritage Week. The book lists information on Castlemaine and district doctors, Castlemaine Hospital, Pharmacists, Herbalists, Dentists, Veterinary Surgeons, Opticians, Nurses, Midwives, Chiropody, Benevolent Asylum, Private Hospitals, Caslemaine Infant Welfare Centre, Homelea Herb Farmdoctors, castlemaine hospital, pharmacists, herbalists, dentists, veterinary surgeons, opticians, nurses, midwives, chiropody, benevolent asylum, private hospitals, homelea herb farm, castlemaine infant welfare centre, richard bunce, william fisher preshaw, john cheyne, henry barraclough, daniel o. preshaw, ching chin, raymond francis duggan, enpo hong, l. goon, shee shok, algernon cyril yandell, augustus courts yandell, myrtle lucinda yandel, daniel cohen, max pincus, s. aaron, mrs foletti, vaughan, mary ann passalaqua, guildford, mary an martinoja, beatrice thurlby, elizabeth spencer, lenna hopkins, rebecca baxter, avonsleigh, ballara, jonathan chapple, alice kenyon, health -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge, Stokes, Warrnambool & District Base Hospital, Late 20th century
... Warrnambool Hospital and Benevolent Asylum... and Benevolent Asylum and building on the current site in Ryot Street... and Benevolent Asylum and building on the current site in Ryot Street ...This badge has been produced for the Warrnambool & District Base Hospital, probably in the 1970s or 80s. It is a good quality badge and may have been sold for hospital funds or issued to hospital employees and supporters. The Warrnambool & District Base Hospital commenced in 1854 as the Villiers and Heytesbury Hospital and Benevolent Asylum and building on the current site in Ryot Street began in 1860. It was then known as the Warrnambool Hospital and Benevolent Asylum until early in the 20th century when it no longer accepted those needing care in old age. Today the hospital is part of a wider organization and is known as South West Health Care (Warrnambool Base). This badges is a local one and is retained as a memento of the Warrnambool Hospital in the second half of the last century and will be used for display purposes. This is a round metal badge with gold outer trimming, an outer circle of white with gold lettering and a red cross with gold edging set into the centre of the badge. There is a metal brooch clip at the back for attachment to an article of clothing.Warrnambool & District Base Hospital 9 ct. Stokes warrnambool & district base hospital, badge, history of warrnambool, warrnambool hospital and benevolent asylum -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record (Collection) - Warrnambool Hospital Records, 1879 to 1982
... Warrnambool Hospital and Benevolent Asylum... the Villiers and Heytesbury Hospital and Benevolent Asylum and later... the Villiers and Heytesbury Hospital and Benevolent Asylum and later ...Records handed to the Warrnambool & District Historical Society by Warrnambool Hospital AuthoritiesEnsuring maintenance and preservation of Warrnambool Hospital recordsLedgers and other material kept in A3 Archival boxes and housed on shelves in the W.D.H.S. Archives RoomLedgers and other Historical records of the Warrnambool Hospital including Letter Books, Annual Reports, Cash Books, Admissions, Donors' Registers, Receipts and Expenditure Registers and Committee Minute Bookswarrnambool hospital and benevolent asylum, warrnambool base hospital, south west health carewarrnambool hospital and benevolent asylum, warrnambool base hospital, south west health care -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, J. Collins, c.1940-1950s
... beechworth benevolent asylum... 1940s-1950s. It depicts the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later.... It depicts the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later the Ovens ...This photograph was captured sometime between an estimated 1940s-1950s. It depicts the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged) which was built in 1862. It is located on an elevated site in Beechworth, Victoria because it was believed the height was beneficial to the health of the patients at the Benevolent. Later wings were added to the original building between 1867 and 1890. The building was constructed in an unusual Flemish Gothic Revival style which contrasts with the classical style of the Mayday Hills Hospital in close proximity to the Benevolent. The Hospital was designed in Italianate Revival architecture. The appearance of buildings like the Mayday Hills Hospital and the Ovens Benevolent Asylum are representative of the importance of Beechworth as a town shortly after the goldrush. During the 1850s and 1860s, administration buildings were erected alongside churches, shops and structures of justice. This marks a movement away from the "chaotic" structure of life on the goldfields and towards a more civilised and cultural lifestyle. This social phenomenon is also witnessed in Melbourne with the creation of buildings like the State Library and the University of Melbourne. The Beechworth Benevolent Asylum was renamed the Ovens Benevolent Home in 1935. The Asylum had been set up to provide accommodation and care for permanently injured gold miners, and for women and children who were penniless, homeless, or whose parents were guests of the state. In 1954 it was renamed as The Ovens and Murray Home (as pictured in this photograph). The purpose of this building was to provide a refuge for the poor and destitute, homeless older men, deserted women and children along with providing care for the mentally ill. These buildings were built at the government's expense and are of great historical and architectural significance.This photograph depicts the Ovens and Murray Home (previously the Ovens Benevolent Home) during the 1940s or 1950s. Since this building is of great historic and architectural significance, photographs like this are especially valuable in reconstructing the use history and any changes/additions to the building over a period of time. This building is important for what it can reveal about society in Beechworth and also architectural styles. This building is made in the Flemish Gothic Revival style which is quite unusual for the 1860s. It is important as an early example of a building constructed for a specific purpose, in the case of this particular building: caring for the aged/destitute. This building is important for research into the civic development of Beechworth as an early Gold Rush town located in Victoria's North-East. During this period, Beechworth was developing as the main center of administration in this region which made it a very influential and quickly developed town. Photographs like this one which depict a building during one period in history can reveal important information for the use and alterations of a building and for preferences in architectural style. It can also be studied for what it reveals about society in Beechworth and compared and contrasted to similar institutions across Australia and with additional photographs in the Burke Museum collection.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paperObverse: OVENS & MURRAY HOME / Reverse: KODAK PAPER / 727 / J. Collins BMM 8689.1 /mayday hills, beechworth benevolent asylum, ovens benevolent home, asylum, refuge, poor and destitute, goldrush, flemish gothic revival, architecture -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... the benevolent asylum.... The Ovens Benevolent Asylum (or the Ovens and Murray Hospital... looking towards the Ovens and Murray Benevolent Asylum ...Taken in Beechworth, this photograph depicts the business of Camp Street looking towards the Ovens and Murray Benevolent Asylum. In the foreground of right hand side; there are row of buildings, on the left hand side; there are a two standing figures. The Ovens Benevolent Asylum (or the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged) was constructed in 1862 on an elevated site overlooking the township of Beechworth. This Asylum was built in response to boom in population due to the discovery of Gold in Beechworth in 1852. This period also saw the development of additional administration buildings such as; the Court house, the Town Hall, and offices. The original Benevolent Asylum building was designed in an unusual Flemish Gothic Revival style. The single storey building is of red brick on a dressed granite base, and the main facade is dominated by four curved, Flemish gable ends, those at the extremities being added to the original central section in 1867. This facade incorporates paired windows of pointed Gothic form and dark brick diaperwork patterning. The adjacent J. A. Wallace Wing of 1899 was designed by Donald Fiddes as a separate building. Also constructed of red brick, Fiddes adopted a conservative approach, designing a simple domestic scale building with central projecting gable porch and flanking bull nosed verandahs. The Benevolent Asylum was renamed the Ovens Benevolent Home in 1935 and The Ovens and Murray Home in 1954. Many buildings have been added to this site, particularly since the 1960s, including a poorly sited addition to the front of the original building. Extensive internal renovations have also been made to the original buildings. [https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/118]The Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged is of architectural significance as an unusual example of Flemish influenced design from the 1860s. Although the facade has been partly obscured, it remains intact, and, together with the more simply designed Wallace wing, are important examples of early buildings designed for the specific purpose of aged care. The Flemish gables remain as a dominant form of Beechworth's urban landscape. The Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged is of historical significance due to its association with the early development of Beechworth and its dominant siting within the town. It is illustrative of the civic development that took place in the town after the peak of the gold rush, when Beechworth was develpoing as the administrative centre of the north east of Victoria. [https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/118]Black and white rectangular photograph. Image is printed on matte photographic paper. Obverse: BOOT SHOE STORE Reverse: 7770.2 / 1997.3099beechworth, burke museum, diggings, camp street, the benevolent asylum, ovens benevolent hom, gold rush -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... looking towards the Ovens and Murray Benevolent Asylum... Benevolent Asylum. In the center of the image are figures standing ...Taken in Beechworth, this photograph depicts Albert Road looking towards the Ovens and Murray Benevolent Asylum. In the center of the image are figures standing of a bridge. The Ovens Benevolent Asylum (or the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged) was constructed in 1862 on an elevated site overlooking the township of Beechworth. This Asylum was built in response to boom in population due to the discovery of Gold in Beechworth in 1852. This period also saw the development of additional administration buildings such as; the Court house, the Town Hall, and offices. The original Benevolent Asylum building was designed in an unusual Flemish Gothic Revival style. The single storey building is of red brick on a dressed granite base, and the main facade is dominated by four curved, Flemish gable ends, those at the extremities being added to the original central section in 1867. This facade incorporates paired windows of pointed Gothic form and dark brick diaperwork patterning. The adjacent J. A. Wallace Wing of 1899 was designed by Donald Fiddes as a separate building. Also constructed of red brick, Fiddes adopted a conservative approach, designing a simple domestic scale building with central projecting gable porch and flanking bull nosed verandahs. The Benevolent Asylum was renamed the Ovens Benevolent Home in 1935 and The Ovens and Murray Home in 1954. Many buildings have been added to this site, particularly since the 1960s, including a poorly sited addition to the front of the original building. Extensive internal renovations have also been made to the original buildings. [https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/118]Black and white rectangular photograph. The image is printed on matte photographic paper. Obverse: NO INSCRIPTION Reverse: BMM7590 1997.2848 AO2848 beechworth, albert road, benevolent, asylum, burke museum, photograph, black and white -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
... benevolent asylum... for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation stone having... called for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation ...The land for this building was granted to the Benevolent Society by James Atkinson in 1850. Tenders were being called for a new "Benevolent Asylum" in 1855, the foundation stone having been laid and by 1856 the first part of the Hospital was completed. this photograph shows there have been extensions to both sides of the hospital by this time 1920Black and white photograph of Exterior of hospital with verandah stone fence and gates two cars hospital, institution, villiers street, benevolent asylum, health service -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, J. Collins
... beechworth benevolent asylum... 1940s-1950s. It depicts the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later... the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later the Ovens and Murray Hospital ...This photograph was captured sometime between an estimated 1940s-1950s. It depicts the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum (later the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged) which was built in 1862. It is located on an elevated site in Beechworth, Victoria because it was believed the height was beneficial to the health of the patients at the Benevolent. Later wings were added to the original building between 1867 and 1890. The building was constructed in an unusual Flemish Gothic Revival style which contrasts with the classical style of the Mayday Hills Hospital in close proximity to the Benevolent. The Hospital was designed in Italianate Revival architecture. The appearance of buildings like the Mayday Hills Hospital and the Ovens Benevolent Asylum are representative of the importance of Beechworth as a town shortly after the goldrush. During the 1850s and 1860s, administration buildings were erected alongside churches, shops and structures of justice. This marks a movement away from the "chaotic" structure of life on the goldfields and towards a more civilised and cultural lifestyle. This social phenomenon is also witnessed in Melbourne with the creation of buildings like the State Library and the University of Melbourne. The Beechworth Benevolent Asylum was renamed the Ovens Benevolent Home in 1935. The Asylum had been set up to provide accommodation and care for permanently injured gold miners, and for women and children who were penniless, homeless, or whose parents were guests of the state. In 1954 it was renamed as The Ovens and Murray Home (as pictured in this photograph). The purpose of this building was to provide a refuge for the poor and destitute, homeless older men, deserted women and children along with providing care for the mentally ill. These buildings were built at the government's expense and are of great historical and architectural significance.This photograph depicts the Ovens and Murray Home (previously the Ovens Benevolent Home) during the 1940s or 1950s. Since this building is of great historic and architectural significance, photographs like this are especially valuable in reconstructing the use history and any changes/additions to the building over a period of time. This building is important for what it can reveal about society in Beechworth and also architectural styles. This building is made in the Flemish Gothic Revival style which is quite unusual for the 1860s. It is important as an early example of a building constructed for a specific purpose, in the case of this particular building: caring for the aged/destitute. This building is important for research into the civic development of Beechworth as an early Gold Rush town located in Victoria's North-East. During this period, Beechworth was developing as the main center of administration in this region which made it a very influential and quickly developed town. Photographs like this one which depict a building during one period in history can reveal important information for the use and alterations of a building and for preferences in architectural style. It can also be studied for what it reveals about society in Beechworth and compared and contrasted to similar institutions across Australia and with additional photographs in the Burke Museum collection.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paperBack of photograph. Handwriting: "For John Beckingsale"mayday hills, beechworth benevolent asylum, ovens benevolent home, destitute, gold town, beechworth, victoria, north-east vic -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Hospital Records Visitors Book, Special Occasions. 1933 – 1976, 1933-1976
... Stawell Hospital Benevolent Asylum... Hospital Benevolent Asylum Stawell ...Stawell Hospital Visitors BookStawell Hospital Benevolent Asylumstawell