Maryborough Base Hospital
Address:Walker Street Maryborough Queensland 4650 Phone: 07 4190 5742 Fax: 07 4123 2533 Tollfree: 1800 214 789 Email: tourismMB@frasercoast.qld.gov.au Website: www.visitmaryborough.info Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - the first public hospital outside Brisbane was established in Maryborough in 1856. This was replaced by a two storey building in Lennox Street in 1864.
The present hospital was opened in May 1887 at a cost of £13,000. The original buildings remain, though they're hidden from the street by the more modern additions. The Maryborough Base Hospital was the first in Queensland to train male nurses in 1971.
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