The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Visitors assembled on the lawns of Anzac Hostel during its opening ceremony. In November 1918 the government purchased the property "Kamesburgh" to establish a home for totally and permanently incapacitated men. Their disability was due to war service and they required nursing care but no active medical or surgical treatment. To purchase the property it used part of a very generous donation of 25000 pounds from the Baillieu brothers; William Lawrence (1859-1936), Edward Lloyd (1867-1939), Arthur Sydney (1872-1943), Richard Percy Clive (1874-1941), Norman Horace (1878-1955) and Captain Maurice Howard Lawrence (1883-1961), all prominent Melbourne businessmen. After essential building modifications the Red Cross, along with the nursing staff, undertook the cleaning of the building and preparations for receiving patients. At the time Anzac Hostel opened it had a capacity of twenty-five beds and employed seven nurses under the charge of Matron Catherine Munro. Anzac Hostel was officially closed on 30 June 1995 and the building is now used as a school. A new Anzac Hostel was built on the original property's grounds and was opened on 27 July 1998. One of a series of 43 photographs published by the Commonwealth of Australia's Department of Repatriation in '"AFTER" THE DIGGER CARRIES ON', a presentation album of images portraying the experiences of returned Australian servicemen. This cloth-bound album with lizard-skin impression was presented to Robert Gibson CBE, the then Deputy Chairman of the Repatriation Commission on 23 October 1919 in Melbourne. (see also H13065)
Brighton Vic. 5 July 1919. Visitors assembled on the lawns of Anzac Hostel during its opening ceremony. In November 1918 the government purchased the property "Kamesburgh" to establish a home for the
"Anzac Hostel - a ward". In November 1918 the government purchased the property "Kamesburgh" to establish a home for totally and permanently incapacitated men. Their disability was due to war service
"Anzac Hostel - Rest". In November 1918 the government purchased the property "Kamesburgh" to establish a home for totally and permanently incapacitated men. Their disability was due to war service an
A nurse and three patients in a ward of Anzac Hostel, previously "Kamesburgh", a property purchased by the government in November 1918. The Hostel was established to provide a home for the care of tot
The opening of Anzac Hostel. Three policemen stand in the foreground in front of the hostel which is draped in flags while guests mingle to the left. His Excellency the Governor, the Honourable Sir Ar
Brighton, Victoria. c. 1920. Nurses and patients in a reading room at Anzac Hostel. Anzac Hostel, previously "Kamesburgh", was established as a home for the care of totally and permanently incapacitat
Brighton Vic. 5 July 1919. Visitors assembled on the lawns of Anzac Hostel during its opening ceremony. In November 1918 the government purchased the property "Kamesburgh" to establish a home for the