Crown Street Women's Hospital
Crown Street Women's Hospital (now-closed) was once the largest maternity hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was located at 351 Crown Street on the corner of Albion Streets, Surry Hills.
| Crown Street Women's Hospital | |
|---|---|
Crown Street Women's Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°53′01″S 151°12′51″E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Sydney |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Women's hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1893 |
| Closed | 1983, services transferred to Westmead Hospital |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
The hospital was one of several stand-alone maternity hospitals in Sydney, none of which remain. It opened in 1893, and was closed in 1983. During its 90-year life, it trained hundreds of midwives and doctors, and was a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. Many thousands of Sydney's residents were born there. When Westmead Hospital opened in Sydney's west, Crown Street Hospital's maternity facilities were moved there, along with the general medical and surgical departments of Sydney Hospital on Macquarie Street, and the hospital was closed.
The Canonbury annex was demolished around 1983, with the site redeveloped as part of McKell Park.