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Photograph, c1950

  • Black and white photograph of old Ovens Goldfield Hopistal ruins, some minor stains in the top half.

    A03462 - Observe Cropped

  • Postcard with a black and white photograph of old Ovens Goldfield Hopistal ruins, captioned "No. 4 Ruins of Goldfield Hospital Beechworth. Built 1856 of local granite N.E. VIC first hospital." Some minor stains in the top half of the image.

    A03462 - Observe

  • Back of the postcard, marked "Post Card" at the top and "Correspondence" and "Address Only" beneath divided by a vertical line. "Kodak" is written several times in the top right corner where there is space for a stamp. Grapphite markings in the top right corner also present.

    A03462 - Reverse

  • Black and white photograph of old Ovens Goldfield Hopistal ruins, some minor stains in the top half.
  • Postcard with a black and white photograph of old Ovens Goldfield Hopistal ruins, captioned "No. 4 Ruins of Goldfield Hospital Beechworth. Built 1856 of local granite N.E. VIC first hospital." Some minor stains in the top half of the image.
  • Back of the postcard, marked "Post Card" at the top and "Correspondence" and "Address Only" beneath divided by a vertical line. "Kodak" is written several times in the top right corner where there is space for a stamp. Grapphite markings in the top right corner also present.

Historical information

This postcard depicts the front facade of the historic Ovens Goldfield Hospital (originally the Ovens District Hospital) after the main building was demolished in 1940. The hospital was built in Beechworth, Victoria in 1856 and began operations the following year. At the time it was the only medical facility between Melbourne and Goulburn.

The hospital facade remains as a symbol of the goldrush era architecture as well as an early landmark in Beechworth, which can be seen as it was selected to feature on Beechworth postcards.

Significance

This postcard provides a visual record of one of the early landmarks in Beechworth from the gold rush era. The item is part of a collection of items held by the Burke Museum that relate to the history of Beechworth and local landmarks.

Physical description

Black and white landscape oriented postcard printed on kodak stock.

Inscriptions & markings

Obverse: "No. 4 Ruins of Goldfield Hospital Beechworth. Built 1856 of local granite N.E. VIC first hospital."
Reverse: "Post Card", "Correspondence", "Address Only", "Kodak", "A03462"

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