Historical images and timeline
1867
1867 – The new Brisbane Hospital on Bowen Bridge Road, Herston and first photo of the Hospital
1867 – Horses and carts transporting patients to the Brisbane Hospital on Bowen Bridge Road
1882
1882 – Brisbane Hospital nurses and doctors outside the Tower Block Building of the Brisbane Hospital
1897
1897 – Nurse Mary Elizabeth Hinton in her uniform
1936
1936 – Construction of the Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1938
1938 – Opening of the Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1938 – Nursing staff signing on for the first shift
1938 – Maternity ward at the Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1938 – Brisbane Women’s Hospital Nursery
1938 – First baby born (girl) at the new Brisbane Women’s Hospital with mother Mollie Kirkwood, midwives, and then Minister for Health and Home Affairs Ned Hanlon on 26 March
1939
1939 – Part of the original Casualty Department, Tower Block, Brisbane Hospital
1940
1940 – Intermediate ward of the Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1940 – Nurse transporting babies in canvas trolley
1940 – Wartime nurses of the Brisbane Hospital and Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1946
1946 – Operating Theatre at the Brisbane Hospital
1946 – X-Ray equipment at the Brisbane Hospital
1948
1948 – Nurses collecting money for the Centaur fund
1950
1950 – Construction of the nurses quarters for the Brisbane Women’s Hospital
1957
1957 – Nurse Graduates
1979
1979 – Dr Grantley Stable at the opening of a nursery
1979 – Protest march of nurses wearing black armbands at the time of the Abell Case
1980
1980 – Aerial shot of Herston Campus
1980 – One of the first male midwives Alan Mitchell, midwife Monalee Corcoran with Mrs Marie Health and her new son Gavin
1987
1987 – Aerial shot of Herston Campus
1990
1990 – Medical staff receiving a patient via helicopter
1991
1991 – Royal Women’s Hospital Maternity Recovery Room
1992
1992 – Royal Women’s Hospital midwife and baby in the Special Care Nursery
1995
1995 – Royal Women’s Hospital
1997
1997 – Nurses in Intensive Care Unit
1999
1999-2002 – Construction of the Ned Hanlon Building, Dr James Mayne Building & Joyce Tweddell Building
2002
2002 – Royal Women’s Hospital building is demolished
2010
2010 – Aerial shot of the Herston Campus
2012
2012 – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Milk Bank is opened
2016
2016 – Announcement of the $1.1 billion Herston Quarter Redevelopment Project
2016 – Announcement of the Australian-first Herston Biofabrication Institute
2017
2017 – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital today
