Metal sign - Dr Haywood Mid-Wifery
Metal sign - Dr Haywood Mid-Wifery
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CREATORUnknown
COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society
REG NO.873
HISTORYDr. Arthur Robert Haywood was born in Caulfield in 1895 and went with his parents to Sandstone Island in Western Port Bay in 1899, where they lived until moving to Hastings in 1915. In 1918 the family moved back to Melbourne, where Arthur completed his secondary schooling and a medical degree at Melbourne University. He returned to Hastings in 1928 to work as a general practitioner, with rooms in Victoria St., close to the Hastings Bush Nursing Hospital which he was instrumental in founding. Dr. Haywood also farmed cattle at Windrest and Heatherset in Bittern and leased Sandstone Island from about 1930 to 1960 to graze the cattle, which were towed to and from the island behind a rowing boat. He also bred sheep and pigs and won numerous prizes for them at agricultural shows. He represented the West Ward of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings from 1946 to 1949 and died in Melbourne in 1981.
DESCRIPTIONRectangular metal plaque painted white on the front with six holes for nailing the plaque to a wall. On the front is printed in large black letters “Dr Haywood Mid-Wifery”
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