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Brisbane General Hospital Precinct, Historic hospital complex in Herston, Australia.

Brisbane General Hospital Precinct is a heritage-listed hospital area at 40 Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, containing six historic buildings built between 1875 and 1941 for the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the former Royal Children's Hospital, along with their grounds and landscaping. The site lies within a larger complex of more than 90 buildings and structures.

The Queensland Government set aside a 15-acre hospital reserve on Bowen Bridge Road in 1863, and the first two-storey masonry building, designed by colonial architect Charles Tiffin and built by John Petrie for £20,000, opened in January 1867 with 100 beds. A building programme from 1866 to 1923 added the Fever Ward (1875), the Hospital for Sick Children (1884) and the Lady Lamington Nurses Home (1896). The government took over the hospital in 1917, and the Hospital Act of 1923 made it a publicly funded service.

The precinct's name comes from the Brisbane General Hospital, established on the site in 1867; the complex later grew into the Royal Brisbane, Royal Children's and Royal Women's hospitals. The Lady Lamington Nurses Home, built in 1896, is among the buildings slated for redevelopment under the Herston Quarter project, so its role in the precinct is changing.

The site serves as a teaching hospital with training programs for medical students, nurses, and allied health professionals. Visitors should expect active weekday operations and note that some buildings or areas may have limited access to the general public.

The 1918 Mortuary Chapel stands among the precinct's six heritage-listed buildings, alongside the 1896 Lady Lamington Nurses Home, which is slated for redevelopment under the Herston Quarter project. The precinct joined the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 March 2003.

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