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Kōrero: Hospitals

Grey Hospital, 1890s

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Grey Hospital, 1890s

The building to the right is the Grey Hospital in Greymouth, probably in the 1890s. It was built in 1875. Many of the patients were miners who had accidents on the job.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-050039-F

by James Ring

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Linda Bryder, Hospitals – Establishment of hospitals in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27542/grey-hospital-1890s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Linda Bryder, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011, updated 1 July 2022.