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Current Stories

Country Hospital Museum officially opened.

We are delighted to advise that our new Country Hospital Museum at the Rockhampton Heritage Village was officially opened on Saturday 21st November 2009. Below is a photograph of the building on opening day. To read more about the museum and the opening and to see a collection of photographs taken on the day, click here.

Country Hospital Museum Rockhampton Heritage Village (view from north west)

Archived Stories

This is a list of some of the important stories covered on the News and Events page in the recent past. Click on any of the headings to go to the full story. Use your browser's back key to return to this page.

Celebrating Q150 and the new Country Hospital Museum.
Celebrating Heritage Week 2009 and International Nurses' Day.
Progress with the Museum Building refurbishment.
Rockhampton Hospital Nurses' Quarters/SAB Wake

Association Newsletters
The Association produces a printed Newsletter several times per year in order to keep both members and the general community informed of our activities. You may download the most recent versions of the Newsletter here in pdf format by clicking the links below.

August 2009 Newsletter
April 2009 Newsletter
December 2008 Newsletter
June 2008 Newsletter
March 2008 Newsletter
July 2007 Newsletter
November 2007 Newsletter

Heritage Village Events
While the Rockhampton Heritage Village is open daily with static displays and guided tours are conducted by the Friends of the Village each morning, the best time to visit the living Village is on Market Days. Members of our Association are always present at our display on these days.

The next scheduled markets are the Australia Day Markets to be held on 24 January 2010. The Multicultural Festival willl be held on 30 May 2010. When the full list of Market days for 2010 is available, we will provide the information here.