This commemorative plaque is located on the footpath along Macquarie Street near Sydney Hospital. These brass heritage plaques around the city commemorate heritage buildings, lost buildings from the past and some proposed buildings that were never built. Sydney Hospital, built in 1816, was colloquially named the Rum Hospital because it was funded by the trade in rum. The central block featured here was demolished in 1876 to build the current Sydney Hospital.
Nice looking plaque.
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting name
ReplyDelete...rum as medicine?
ReplyDeleteI am very glad the heritage plaques memorial the treasures lost
ReplyDelete. Tragic however that some important historical sites were destroyed, presumably for greed.
memorialises, not memorial
DeleteMy 4 times great grandfather was the foreman of the carpenters that worked on the Rum Hospital.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear about that connection.
DeleteCheers to that!
ReplyDeleteInteresting to hear about that connection. Thank you for linking up.
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