80-544: Goulburn Base Hospital is a public district hospital located in the city of Goulburn, New South Wales in Australia. The hospital is situated on Goldsmith Street, approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) from the Central Business District . The hospital is operated by Southern NSW Local Health District and serves as a regional referral facility providing a range of general , surgical and some specialist services. It
160-469: A comprehensive ambulatory care service. "Planning will continue over the coming months to identify what other services could be incorporated into the redevelopment." Mrs Skinner said the announcement will have wide-reaching benefits, particularly for the 16,000-plus patients who attend the Goulburn Hospital emergency department each year. "The Baird Government committed $ 600,000 in its first term to plan
240-475: A few cottages. The town was a change station (where coach horses were changed) for Cobb & Co by 1855. A police station opened the following year and a school in 1858. Goulburn was proclaimed a municipal government in 1859 and was made a city in 1863. The arrival of the railway in 1869, which was opened on 27 May by the Governor Lord Belmore (an event commemorated by Belmore Park in the centre of
320-476: A hospital had commenced by September 1833. Some were unhappy with the result, a complainant in the following year claiming that there was only one room in the facility, with not even a provision for a store or a morgue . He also claimed that the Government funds provided were being wasted, with the contractor seeking a contract variation despite using Government provided labour, possibly convicts. In October 1836,
400-401: A major upgrade at Goulburn Hospital is clear, which is why we are making this significant investment to ensure this facility can deliver first-class care for patients well into the future", Skinner said. "The upgrade of Goulburn Hospital will include improved capacity through fit-for-purpose infrastructure including the emergency department, intensive care unit and theatres, inpatient services and
480-733: A number of heritage-listed sites, including: According to the 2021 census , there were 24,565 people in Goulburn. Of these: Goulburn is located a small distance east of the peak ridge of the Great Dividing Range and is 690 metres (2,264 ft) above sea level. It is intersected by the Wollondilly River and the Mulwaree River , and the confluence of these two rivers is also located here. The Wollondilly then flows north-east, into Lake Burragorang ( Warragamba Dam ) and eventually into
560-421: A population of 665 people, 444 males and 211 females. This number had jumped to 1,171 inhabitants by 1847, 686 males and 485 females. It had a courthouse, police barracks, churches, hospital and post office and was the centre of a great sheep and farming area. A telegraph station opened in 1862, by which time there were about 1,500 residents, a blacksmith 's shop, two hotels, two stores, the telegraph office and
640-421: A reality following an announcement of $ 600,000 towards redevelopment plans by NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner . "I do have a feeling though from some of my previous visits that part of the core of this hospital cannot be redeveloped because of the load bearing nature of the walls. "So that may mean ‘do we look at a new hospital alongside what is currently here, do we in-fill, demolish part of it, etc’- those are
720-402: A total of 24 beds – 14 for men and 10 for women. By June 1949, the hospital had grown to incorporate 182 beds, a pathology department and specialized X-ray equipment. A major upgrade to the hospital was constructed in the 1960s, providing room for the majority of inpatient services. By 2013 work had commenced on much needed upgrades, including $ 20 million in capital works allowing an expansion of
800-530: A visitor to the old town of Goulburn (close to the Mulwaree Ponds – Wollondilly River junction), noted: "…he [the Police Magistrate] also accompanied us to the new town, about a mile distant, where a few scattered buildings of brick and others of wood, had been erected. One of the latter is an [sic] hospital affording accommodation for about 30 patients. Like other places of this kind, in remote places, it
880-664: A wide range of services across more than 25 buildings on its campus, including acute inpatient and day services, outpatient services, women's and children's services, paediatrics and pathology. A hospital campus map of the Canberra Hospital is available online. Free public parking is available in numerous locations across the hospital campus including a multi-storey car park to the south of the Canberra Region Cancer Centre between Bateson Road and Hospital Road. Transport Canberra buses also serve Canberra Hospital from
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#1732851143708960-551: Is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Australian National University , based in Canberra . An 9 bed emergency department operates 24 hours. Goulburn Base Hospital has a 6 bed Intensive Care Unit for adult patients, specializing in high dependency and coronary care . Critical patients who are suffering from conditions the hospital is not equipped to handle are transferred to Canberra or Sydney . A helipad on
1040-427: Is a strong thread in the fabric of our community. It is where we have welcomed new life and farewelled loved ones and I could not be prouder we are committing to its major redevelopment today", Ms Goward said."This has been a long road and I want to thank clinicians and the community for standing alongside me to champion this redevelopment – the need for it is clear. "Goulburn deserves a state-of-the-art hospital and under
1120-420: Is distributed evenly throughout the year, with an annual average of 542.8 mm (21.4 in). Snow occasionally falls, although rarely in significant quantities due to the rainshadow brought about by the hills to the west-northwest of Goulburn (around Crookwell ). Temperature extremes have ranged from −10.9 to 42.8 °C (12.4 to 109.0 °F). As a major settlement of southern New South Wales, Goulburn
1200-411: Is home to Goulburn Correctional Centre , more generically known as Goulburn Gaol. It is a maximum-security male prison, the highest-security prison in Australia and is home to some of the most dangerous, and infamous, prisoners. One of these prisoners was Ivan Robert Marko Milat (27 December 1944 – 27 October 2019) an Australian serial killer who was convicted of the backpacker murders in 1996. Goulburn
1280-470: Is home to Australia's oldest existing theatre company Lieder Theatre Company, established in 1891. The Lieder Theatre Company presents up to five major performance projects each year, along with numerous community events, readings, workshops, and short seasons of experimental and new work. The company, along with the Lieder Youth Theatre Company, is based in the historic Lieder Theatre, built by
1360-612: Is now the Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre with steam, diesel and rolling stock exhibits. Rail First Asset Management (previously known as CFCL Australia ) operate the Goulburn Railway Workshops . St Saviour's Cathedral , designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket , was completed in 1884 with the tower being added in 1988 to commemorate the Bicentenary of Australia. Though completed in 1884, some earlier burials are in
1440-611: Is the Goulburn 'Base' Hospital." However, six years later, whatever the practical situation, Dr. R. V. Brotherton, the recent Colonel Registrar of Yaralla Military Hospital , then the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere, noted that official status was still not forthcoming. Finally, in 1951, twenty eight years after it was first mooted, Goulburn District Hospital was gazetted as the sixth Base Hospital in NSW, meeting requirements including averaging more than 100 patients per day, and
1520-579: Is the southern terminus of the Southern Highlands Line which reaches from the Sydney suburb Campbelltown and is part of the NSW TrainLink intercity passenger train system. Most services for Goulburn operate to Moss Vale , some 65 km (40 mi) north-east, while there are also daily direct express Sydney Central services covered by Sydney's suburban Opal card . The station is also served by
1600-607: The Federal and Hume Highways. Goulburn benefited from the 1992 Hume Highway bypass, prompting significant civic rejuvenation and removing 23,000 cars from the city each day. Goulburn's city centre was populated by a notable number of eateries owned and operated by Greek migrants, as part of a broader trend of Greek cafes and milk bars in regional Australia. Years after the bypass, the main street featured numerous neon signs advertising businesses that had since gone out of business some of which are preserved today. Goulburn railway station
1680-613: The Hume Highway . It has a central historic park and many historic and listed buildings. It is also home to the monument the Big Merino , a sculpture that is the world's largest concrete sheep. Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn , Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie . The colonial government made land grants to free settlers such as Hamilton Hume in
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#17328511437081760-812: The Ngunawal language group. To the north of Goulburn, Gundungurra was spoken within the lands of the Dharawal people. This was due to Gundungurra people of the Blue Mountains being driven south from their traditional land due to Governor Macquarie's punitive parties sent to massacre the Dharawal and Gundungurra People, at the behest of influential settlers. Their neighbours were the Dharawal to their north and Dharug surrounding Sydney, Darkinung , Wiradjuri , Ngunawal and Thurrawal, eastwards peoples. The first recorded settler in Goulburn established 'Strathallan' in 1825 (on
1840-737: The Tasman Sea via the Hawkesbury River . The city is located within the Southern Tablelands Temperate Grassland . Owing to its elevation, Goulburn has an oceanic climate ( Cfb ) with warm summers and cool to cold winters; with a high diurnal range . Its climate is variable much of the year, though generally dry with maximum temperatures ranging from 11.8 °C (53.2 °F) in July to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in January. Rainfall
1920-424: The 1950s. Despite the privatised charitable structure post 1842, much of the capital and half of the operating losses (shortfall) were being funded by State Government by 1913. The current main Goulburn Hospital building was designed by local architect E. C. Manfred in 1886. The official opening by mayor H.S. Gannon took place on 12 October 1889 attended by a crowd of about 1,000 residents. The hospital opened with
2000-494: The Australian Government's My Hospital website, in the 2013–2014 financial year, Goulburn Base Hospital performed 1,429 elective surgeries and in 2015–2016 handled 17,101 emergency department presentations. For the years 2010–11 to 2015–16, waiting times in the emergency department were longer than the national average across all triage classifications other than the most urgent, resuscitation, where target treatment period
2080-565: The Baird Government that is exactly what we will get.". There has been some criticism since that announcement of the lack of progress with planning (for instance, the delayed decision as to the site of the new facilities), and claims prior to the NSW election on 28 March 2015 that the project was fully costed, appearing to be contradicted by announcements after the election of detailed assessments still to be completed. The NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, announced on 14 September 2016 that
2160-672: The Canberra Rugby League and also the Group 6 Rugby League before folding. The town's junior rugby league team is still called the Goulburn Junior Stockmen. The Goulburn Dirty Reds rugby union team play in the John I Dent Cup third grade and Goulburn City Swans Australian rules club play in a lower grade Canberra competition. Other sports played in the town include soccer, cricket and tennis among others. The Goulburn Medical Clinic
2240-568: The Goulburn area from the opening of the area to settlement in about 1820. Land was later sold to settlers within the Nineteen Counties , including Argyle County (the Goulburn area). The process displaced the local indigenous Mulwaree population and the introduction of exotic livestock drove out a large part of the Aboriginal peoples' food supply. The Mulwaree People lived throughout the area covering Goulburn, Crookwell and Yass and belong to
2320-461: The NSW Minister for Public Health, Mr. Oakes, while speaking at Goulburn District Hospital, specifically proposed the establishment of rural base hospitals: "There should be large and properly equipped base hospitals in the important centres and cottage hospitals scattered through out the various country districts connecting with the larger institutions when necessary by motor service brigades." In
2400-527: The Police Station. In contrast to the descriptions of the earlier government-funded building, an observer described it in 1857 as commodious and well run. The Rev. Willam Ross served as Subscribers' Committee Secretary for twenty years until his death in 1869, with Captain Hovell continuing as president for some of that time. A similar voluntary hospital business model applied to all general hospitals in NSW up to
2480-562: The Public Meeting. Debate at that meeting centered on a conflict between those wishing to run the hospital cost efficiently by say, competitively tendering for services and by those supporting the medical staff making appropriate management decisions. One debater highlighted the issue: "... and with respect to what Mr. Kitson said about the hospital working well, he Mr. D. believed it worked well, but that did not say it could not be made to work better (hear, hear) : be it remembered that
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2560-439: The absence of the required permanent staff. Doctors at the hospital have been publicly critical of the facilities and the management. Criticisms in 2014 included that the buildings had been added to in an uncoordinated fashion and were therefore not suitable for modern care, and that management forced surgeons to work in unsuitable operating facilities in order to save money. The former Base Hospital surgeon who wrote this letter to
2640-525: The buildings in the city, including the first public swimming baths opened in 1892; the old Town Hall constructed in 1888; the Goulburn Base Hospital designed in 1886; the old Fire Station built in 1890; the Masonic Temple built in 1928; he also designed the earlier building of 1890 it replaced. Goulburn's first permanent fire station built 1890 and designed by local architect E.C. Manfred. The city
2720-424: The children to the government schools. The Catholic authorities declared that they had no money to install the extra toilets. Nearly 1,000 children turned up to be enrolled locally and the state schools were unable to accommodate them. The strike lasted only a week but generated national debate. In 1963 the prime minister, Robert Menzies , made state aid for science blocks part of his party 's platform. Goulburn has
2800-474: The city), along with the completion of the line from Sydney to Albury in 1883, was a boon to the city. Later branchlines were constructed to Cooma (opened in 1889) and later extended further to Nimmitabel and then to Bombala , and to Crookwell and Taralga . Goulburn became a major railway centre with a roundhouse and engine servicing facilities and a factory which made pre-fabricated concrete components for signal boxes and station buildings. The roundhouse
2880-468: The commissioning of a 12-bed expansion in 2012. For at least the first four months, the extra capacity was totally unutilised because it could not be staffed, though the new facilities were in operation with twelve beds in the older facilities closed. Since then, some of this capacity has been taken up, but nurses continue, three years later, to refuse to work what they claim is excessive overtime, when requested do so by management in order to keep beds open in
2960-811: The company in 1929. A former quarry adjacent to the Main Southern railway line in North Goulburn was used to film cliff top scenes in the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge . The most popular sport in Goulburn is rugby league . The town has a team, the Goulburn City Bulldogs, who play in the Canberra Rugby League . The club was founded in 2020, superseding the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs. Historically, there have been many clubs in Goulburn, including: The Goulburn Stockmen played in both
3040-749: The context of the Church—it had no legal civil authority or implications. An absolute and retrospective declaration to this effect was made in 1865 in the Colenso Case, by the Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council. However, under the authority of the Crown Lands Act 1884 (48. Vict. No. 18), Goulburn was officially proclaimed a City on 20 March 1885 removing any lingering doubts as to its status. This often unrecognised controversy has in no way hindered
3120-507: The development of Goulburn as a regional centre, with an impressive court house (completed in 1887) and other public buildings, as a centre for wool selling, and as an industrial town. In 1962, Goulburn was the focus of the fight for state aid to non-government schools. An education strike was called in response to a demand for installation of three extra toilets at a local Catholic primary school, St Brigid's. The local Catholic archdiocese closed down all local Catholic primary schools and sent
3200-665: The diocese. This was the last instance in which Letters Patent were used in this manner in the British Empire, as they had been significantly discredited for use in the colonies, and were soon to be declared formally invalid and unenforceable in this context. Several legal cases over the preceding decade in particular had already established that the monarch had no ecclesiastical jurisdiction in colonies possessing responsible government. This had been granted to NSW in 1856, seven years earlier. The Letters Patent held authority only over those who submitted to it voluntarily, and then only within
3280-579: The distinction of being proclaimed a City on two occasions. The first, unofficial, proclamation was claimed by virtue of Royal Letters Patent issued by Queen Victoria on 14 March 1863 to establish the Diocese of Goulburn. It was a claim made for ecclesiastical purposes, as it was required by the traditions of the Church of England. The Letters Patent also established St Saviour's Church as the Cathedral Church of
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3360-401: The editor also stated that: "A recent comment by a politician that the opinion of doctors in Goulburn over the years has been dismissed as simply being self-serving epitomises the problem." This quotation demonstrates that the controversy around who should best make decisions for the hospital, medical staff or management, continues to rage much as it did in the 1840s. In figures published by
3440-730: The first hospital for Canberra, was opened in Balmain Crescent, Acton with eight beds. Tents were used to supplement the isolation ward. There were no obstetric facilities and obstetrics patients had to travel to the Queanbeyan hospital. In 1943 a new hospital was opened on the Acton Peninsula . Construction of the building was commenced in 1940. In 1942, the United States Army Medical Corps took over construction and commissioned it as an American military hospital. It
3520-462: The five NSW hospitals, including Goulburn, that were covered by these election commitments for redevelopment, would be privatised. Under this business model, contracts to build and operate new hospitals would be put out to tender. Demolition of Springfield House and the Lady Grose Building (former nurses’ quarters) began on 31 August 2018 and completed in late March 2019, with earthworks for
3600-552: The following year, at the launching of a building fund for the hospital, reference was made to the need to provide adequate local funds to attract Government support (50% funding) for establishing a base hospital in Goulburn. The first base hospital established in NSW was Orange Base Hospital in November 1933. However, a number of subsequent attempts to seek funding to bring Goulburn District Hospital up to base hospital standard were unsuccessful. It wasn't until 1940 that Goulburn Hospital
3680-644: The former campus of the Goulburn College of Advanced Education located on the banks of the Wollondilly River . The New South Wales Police Academy is now the largest education institution for law enforcement officers in the southern hemisphere. Since its relocation there has been significant expansion of the facilities including a new site on the Taralga Road which houses the New South Wales Police School of Traffic and Mobile Policing . Goulburn
3760-670: The graveyard adjacent to the cathedral. St Saviour's is the seat of the Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn . The Church of SS Peter and Paul is the former cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn . The Goulburn Viaduct was built in 1915 replacing an earlier structure. This brick arch railway viaduct spanning the Mulwaree Ponds is the longest on the Main Southern railway line and consists of 13 arches each spanning 13.1 m (43 ft). Goulburn holds
3840-446: The hospital campus. In worldwide usage, a base hospital is a military hospital located a safe distance from the battlefront to which patients from field hospitals are evacuated for follow up care. After World War I, the term was applied in Australia and New Zealand to large rural hospitals, which, by analogy, performed a similar function of providing specialist or follow up care for patients from smaller hospitals. For instance, in 1923,
3920-423: The hospital grounds facilitates patient transfers and evacuations. A 20 bed rehabilitation ward was opened in 2013. The Chisholm Ross Centre is a 32 bed inpatient psychiatric unit for patients suffering acute mental health conditions. Other specialist services provided include gastroenterology , ophthalmology a renal unit and a maternity ward . A variety of allied health services are also available on
4000-666: The hospital has strong links with the John Curtin School of Medical Research . The hospital is also a major regional centre for Clinical Pastoral Education , offering courses through the Canberra and Region Centre for Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education in association with the Sydney College of Divinity and New South Wales College of Clinical Pastoral Education . In May 1914 the Canberra Community Hospital,
4080-541: The hospital redevelopment budget is just over 1 & 1/2 times this operating budget, illustrating the high ratio of operating costs to capital in modern hospital systems. Goulburn, New South Wales Goulburn ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l b ər n / GOHL -bərn ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales , Australia, approximately 195 kilometres (121 mi) south-west of Sydney and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-east of Canberra . It
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#17328511437084160-492: The institution was not for the benefit of the medical gentlemen, but for the benefit of the public; the interests of medical men were nothing." This 1848 report notes the dilapidated state of the hospital buildings and that £125 had been put to the erection of new buildings. A new hospital was completed in September 1849, next to the previous weatherboard structure at the corner of Clifford and Sloane Streets, currently occupied by
4240-400: The kind of things that will need to be looked at in this planning process Ms Skinner said. On 10 March 2015, Health Minister Skinner and Goulburn MP Pru Goward announced a re-elected Baird Government will invest $ 120 million for the major redevelopment of Goulburn Hospital. Skinner said works will begin on-site in the next term of the Baird Government, if re-elected on 28 March. "The need for
4320-715: The largest district general hospital in the region with 672 beds catering to a population of about 550,000. It was formed when the Woden Valley Hospital and the Royal Canberra Hospital were amalgamated in 1991, and was renamed Canberra Hospital in 1996. It is the main teaching hospital for the Australian National University Medical School. It is also a teaching hospital for the University of Canberra 's School of Nursing. Furthermore,
4400-540: The largest hospital in the Southern NSW Area Health District, the much larger Canberra Hospital in the neighbouring ACT is where many, more specialised, health treatments are provided. When Orange Base Hospital was redeveloped in 2011, the hospital was renamed Orange Health Service . However, there was significant community protest to return to the Base Hospital title, on the basis that the new name
4480-813: The local taxi service that operates twenty-seven taxis, Goulburn Radio Cabs. A bus service is operated by PBC Goulburn . The Goulburn Post, established as the Goulburn Evening Post in 1870 is Goulburn's local newspaper. It runs three times per week and is owned by Australian Community Media . Radio stations with transmitters located in or nearby to Goulburn include: AM: FM: Depending on location some Illawarra- and/or Canberra-based radio stations can also heard. Commercial radio services from Goulburn are also broadcast to Braidwood . Goulburn receives five free-to-air television networks relayed from Canberra, and broadcast from nearby Mt Gray: A much smaller retransmission site also exists to cover residences in
4560-484: The long distance Southern XPT and Xplorer trains between Sydney and Griffith , Canberra and Melbourne Southern Cross railway station . All services are operated by NSW TrainLink. Goulburn also has eight direct return NSW Trainlink buses to Canberra per week giving access to Canberra Airport , city and hospitals. Goulburn Airport is approximately 7 km (4 mi) south of Goulburn and services light aircraft. Public transport within Goulburn consists of
4640-406: The mental health facilities, construction of a new 20 bed sub-acute wing, addition of 3 beds to the emergency department as well as general renovations. A major electrical upgrade was completed as part of the works allowing extra medical equipment to be acquired for the operating theatre and imaging departments. In 2014, it was announced an upgraded – or even new – hospital for Goulburn could soon be
4720-532: The military. By the second annual meeting in 1844, the committee could report the successful funding and running of the hospital. Subscribers paid an annual fee, and non-subscriber patients paid for care at a daily rate, which in some cases would be paid for by charities in the town. By 1848 the Secretary of the committee was a Mr. Kitson, with Captain William Hovell , one of the original petitioners of 1832, chairing
4800-489: The new buildings then under way. The concrete pour for the main building of the development, the four storey Clinical Services Building, commenced on Tuesday 31 March 2020. By the final quarter of 2021, the erection of the new hospital sign indicated that the project was reaching final stages, and the projections were that the building would be complete by the end of the calendar year. The Chisholm Ross Centre for mental health services has suffered from chronic understaffing since
4880-448: The provision of a children's ward and pathological, X-ray and obstetric units. The intent of the Base Hospital system was to treat major cases at important provincial centres, instead of sending patients to Sydney. Doctors at smaller centres would send their patients to base hospitals for specialised treatment. Subsequent changes in health care policies have made the status of the Base Hospital terminology unclear. Although Goulburn remains
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#17328511437084960-659: The provision of public services, including a hospital, in June 1832 on the occasion of his visiting Goulburn Plains. Governor Lachlan Macquarie had founded the Rum Hospital in Sydney in 1810 (completed 1816) despite the British Government's refusal to fund it, and established the policy of founding "Convict Hospitals" with funding from the Colony government in regional areas where demand justified this. A correspondent noted that work on
5040-415: The site of the present Police Academy) and a town was originally surveyed in 1828, although moved to the present site of the city in 1833 when the surveyor Robert Hoddle laid it out. George Johnson purchased the first land in the area between 1839 and 1842 and became a central figure in the town's development. He established a branch store with a liquor licence in 1848. The 1841 census records Goulburn had
5120-448: The site to restore diesel locomotives to working order for main line use. The Railway Barracks built in 1935 is situated opposite the roundhouse. It accommodated the steam engine drivers, and now converted into an accommodation wedding & events centre. Canberra Hospital Canberra Hospital is a public hospital located in Garran , Canberra , Australian Capital Territory . It is
5200-458: The suburb of Eastgrove. Goulburn's second court house was built in 1847; designed by Mortimer Lewis , the colonial architect . James Barnet , the colonial architect from 1862 to 1890, built a number of buildings in Goulburn. These included the Goulburn Gaol that opened 1884; the current court house that opened in 1887; and a post office in 1881. Barnet's successor, Walter Liberty Vernon ,
5280-428: The upgrade of Goulburn and in our second term we are committed to this major redevelopment", "I’ve visited Goulburn Hospital on many occasions and the clinicians and community have been champions of this redevelopment. I know it will benefit them greatly and act as a magnet to attract staff to this region Ms Skinner said. Ms Goward said the funding will mark a new era in health care for Goulburn Hospital. "Goulburn Hospital
5360-494: Was a military hospital for only five months. In February 1943, the hospital buildings were handed over to the Canberra Hospital Board for the development of what in time became the Royal Canberra Hospital on Acton Peninsula. Woden Valley Hospital buildings were constructed between 1969 and 1973. In 1973 the Woden Valley Hospital opened and the first patients were admitted. In 1979 the Canberra Community Hospital
5440-499: Was confusing and that the old name better reflected the hospital's role as a regional hub. This has resulted in the official name being largely replaced in the media and common use by the term Orange Hospital. This may mean that if and when Goulburn Base Hospital is rebuilt or relocated its hard won "Base" title will be lost again. The history of what was to become the current Goulburn Base Hospital goes back more than 180 years. Residents of County Argyle petitioned Governor Bourke for
5520-543: Was constructed to pump water from the Wingecarribee Reservoir in the Southern Highlands to Goulburn, opening in 2011. This pipeline has a capacity of 7.5 ML per day. The $ 54 million water supply pipeline was at the time the largest construction project in the history of Goulburn. Goulburn is approximately two hours' drive from Sydney via the Hume Highway , or a one-hour drive from Canberra via
5600-462: Was drawn up by Surveyor Hoddle and was gazetted in 1833. Goulburn is the seat of the Goulburn Mulwaree Shire local government area (LGA) of New South Wales, Australia formed in 2004. The most recent elections for Council were held on 4 December 2021. The Police Academy relocated to Goulburn from Sydney in 1984. At this time it was known as the New South Wales Police Academy; however, the name has subsequently changed. The Academy has relocated to
5680-430: Was established in 1946 making it the most longstanding medical practice in the city. Historically, it was the first group practice of any size established in New South Wales and probably only the third in Australia. The clinic has a mixture of general practitioners and specialists that provide comprehensive healthcare. With a history of water shortages, an 84 km (52 mi) underground water supply pipeline
5760-519: Was hit by flying debris. In 2010, the second operating theatre in Australia capable of performing intraoperative MRI scanning during surgery was completed. In July 2022, construction commenced for the Surgical Procedures, Interventional Radiology and Emergency (SPIRE) Centre, with an estimated $ 661 million cost. The construction is meant to be complete in August 2024. Canberra Hospital provides
5840-591: Was home to Kenmore Hospital, a psychiatric hospital which was finally closed in 2003. Goulburn remains a hub for mental health with facilities now located at the Goulburn Base Hospital . The roundhouse at Goulburn was a significant locomotive depot both in the steam and early diesel eras. After closure it became the Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre , a railway museum with preserved steam and diesel locomotives as well as many interesting examples of rolling stock. Some minor rail operators such as RailPower have used
5920-399: Was met 100% of the time. Goulburn is the worst-performing hospital in its class of medium regional hospitals for the less urgent waiting categories. However, waiting times for elective surgery waiting times compared favourably to their peer hospital average. The hospital's 2010 operating budget was $ 35.03 million, but by 2016–2017 this had grown to $ 53M. and by 2021-22 was $ 74M. For comparison,
6000-514: Was pretty fully occupied, by stock-men, and others of the lower order; victims of immorality, the scourge of this class, in sequestered parts of the Colony, frequented by the Aborigines." A subscribers' committee was formed in 1842, and on 2 December 1842 the Governor transferred the "Convict Hospital" (Government hospital) to the committee, with the exception of some medical instruments which belonged to
6080-419: Was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 24,565 as of the 2021 census . Goulburn is the seat of Goulburn Mulwaree Council . Goulburn is a railhead on the Main Southern line , and regional health & government services centre, supporting the surrounding pastoral industry as well as being a stopover for travellers on
6160-565: Was publicly referred to as a Base Hospital. At the 98th Annual General Meeting of the Hospital Committee, a Member of the Board, Mr. W. J. Lewis, was reported, apparently for the first time, as using this name for the hospital by saying: "...the discussion was the outcome of an earlier reminder to subscribers that the treatment now being given to patients was not confined to Goulburn, but embraced areas within 100 miles radius. Mr. W. J. Lewis: It
6240-542: Was renamed the Royal Canberra Hospital. Services were transferred to the Woden Valley Hospital when the Royal Canberra Hospital closed on 27 November 1991. In 1996 Woden Valley Hospital was renamed Canberra Hospital and its first IVF baby was born on 26 December 1996. On 13 July 1997 the superseded buildings on the Acton peninsula were demolished by implosion , killing a 12-year-old girl named Katie Bender who
6320-440: Was responsible for the first buildings of Kenmore Hospital, completed in 1894. St Saviour's Anglican Cathedral and Hall were designed by Edmund Blacket . Building started in 1874 and it was dedicated in 1884. It was finally consecrated in 1916. A tower was added in 1988 as part of a Bicentennial project but Blacket's plans included a spire which is yet to be added. E.C. Manfred was a prominent local architect responsible for many of
6400-475: Was the administrative centre for the region and was the location for important buildings of the district. The first lock-up in the town was built in 1830. In 1832 a postal service commenced in Goulburn, four years after the service was adopted in New South Wales. The first town plan had been drawn up by Assistant Surveyor Dixon in 1828, but the site was moved, as it was subject to flooding. The new town plan
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