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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

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

Story by Linda Bryder, published 22 March 2011, updated 1 July 2022.