King George v Memorial Bush Nursing Hospital

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

King George v Memorial Bush Nursing Hospital

DATE1937

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.691

HISTORY

It was the efforts of the local people of the community that built the Mornington Bush Nursing Hospital, the
King George V Memorial Hospital in 1937; the design was presumably by the Victorian Bush Nursing Association’s Architect, K.F. Elliott; the design was modern with unique inclusion of an area for a baby health clinic

DESCRIPTION

At the opening of the new hospital, an L-shaped configuration with two brick gabled wings either side of a cemented gabled porch; the hospital grounds still under cultivation

SUBJECTS

Hospitals

KEYWORDS

Hospitals, King George v Memorial Bush Nursing Hospital, Mornington