Children's Hospital At Westmead

When the Sydney Children's Hospital first opened its doors in Glebe in 1880, an old bedroom served as the operating room for a staff of four doctors and six nurses. In 1904, when King Edward VII granted the use of "Royal" and Queen Alexandra consented to the use of her name, the hospital's name was changed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. Two years later, the expanding hospital moved to Camperdown, where it would remain for 89 years. At the opening ceremony, the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Henry Rawson, referred to it as "the best children’s hospital in the world."