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1940
Christmas Day
Each year Father Christmas, bearing
an uncanny resemblance to one of the
resident doctors, would arrive at the
Children’s Ward in a decorated jalopy
packed with toys. He’s pictured here
with Matron Dunn and nurses with young
patients. After some high jinks outside he
would go into the ward to give presents
to children who were bedridden. In those
times nurses all lived on-site in the Nurses
Home and those who could not go home
would have enjoyed a bit of Christmas fun
at the hospital.
Image from the Sam Hood Collection, State Library of NSW
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