Historical information

Daylesford Hospital was opened in 1862.

Physical description

Marble plaque on the stairwell in Daylesford Hospital.

Inscriptions & markings

Daylesford Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
Female Wards
The funds for the erection of these two wards for the use of females only were provided out of a legacy left for that especial purpose by the
Hon. William Edward Stanbridge
M.L.C.
who departed thislife 5th April 1894 after residence in the district of upwards of 40 years and having represented it in the Legislative Council from the 15th December 1881 to the 26rh August 1892 opened on the 26th May 1897 by the Hon Sir W.A. Zeal M.L.C. President of the Legislative Council of Victoria.