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Agency:
Queen Alexandra Hospital Association
Agency Number:
Start Date:
08 Feb 1951
Description:
This Association was also known as the Queen Alexandra Committee and later Queen Alexandra Auxiliary and was set up to provide the "frills" for the hospital. The inaugural meeting was held on 8 February 1951and replaced the "original committee which had functioned for 42 years and was going out of existence to form an association composed of contributors".;;The Queen Alexandra Auxiliary worked to support the maternity hospital through volunteering and fundraising until the end of 2018. It is to fold in 2019. ;;
Information Sources:
The Mercury (TAS), 9 February 1951; Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment News, June 2018
Functions Performed:
Tasmanian community
Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women (TA459)01 Jan 190531 Aug 1980