Prince Henry Hospital Nursing and Medical Museum

30/10/2025

19/10/2025

Most amazing donation today! Bell from the Little Bay wishing well returned after 30 years!!! We put it back for photos only!

16/10/2025

📣Calling all Nurses
9 days to go until the Prince Henry Hospital Nurses Reunion 2025

There is still time to get your tickets!

This year we are celebrating the graduates of 1965 and 1975

Get your tickets now by following the link below.

https://events.humanitix.com/2025-prince-henry-nurses-reunion
(You may need to copy and paste this link into your browser)

If anyone would like help with booking tickets, please call the museum on
☎️(02) 9019 0784 (Tues & Sun 10am - 2pm) or 📧email: phh-museum@outlook.com

We look forward to seeing you all.

11/09/2025

Day 7 of History Week our water stories.
One of the most iconic features of Little Bay beach- the Nurses Pool
After shark sightings in 1908 Matron warned her nurses not to swim in Little Bay and of course they continued to cool off and soak their weary feet! So Matron called Long Bay Gaol and asked prisoners to help make a pool for the nurses to bathe safely, and it was built in 1909.
Still there today for all to enjoy however all the marine life has been taken by scavengers, so sad for the demise of such a memorable part of our history.

10/09/2025

Day 6 History Week of our water stories

Christo invaded the Coast was the headline , and many agreed! This would not be accepted today with our environmental knowledge of the damage for our beautiful bay. The sheeting and rope was found in our waters for many years and many of the small birds and insects were killed or damaged. An environmental disaster.

This is the authors opinion.

09/09/2025

Day 5
Water stories for History Week
Everyone who worked at the Hospital went to the beach. It was a place to relax between nursing shifts, to explore and to entertain family

08/09/2025

History week day 4 Connections to water

The Coast Hospital was established in 1890’s and in this photo you can see how close it was to the water. Fresh air and sunshine was their mantra as there was very little else, no vaccines, and no antibiotics.

When the southerly busters came they were frontline. One nurse was blown off the verandah and broke her arm! You can see the newly built Flowers Wards started in 1915.

Also the road out to the cemetery. If you look very closely you can see the laundry where the Golf Centre is today with the sheets out drying.

07/09/2025

History Week day 3

Connection to water.

These 2 adventurous nurses paddle an old door on the ornamental lake, today known as the Golf Course water feature

06/09/2025

Photo 2

Photo 2 History Week . Connection to the water.Little Bay beach with Coast Hospital buildings. Boat ramp was there for many years and a couple of kids playing near boat ramp.

05/09/2025

History Week

Photo 1

Little Bay beach 1881.

Tents on the beach erected for smallpox patients. Long wooden fence separating them from contacts. Police in charge. Sir Henry Parkes stated they “needed to establish a hospital away from the metropolis to ensure safety and confidence” and so begins the Coast Hospital by the sea.

01/09/2025

The NSW History Week theme for 2025 is "Water Stories", exploring the fundamental connection between water and history.
Prince Henry Hospital Nurses Museum will be posting a photo each day to reflect our connection in Little Bay.
Today at the beach we have our nurse off duty in a tug-o-war. The beach was their playground, isolated and remote. These girls were the back bone of the Coast Hospital and the water their place to relax after a hard days work.