Following floods in the Maitland area the Benevolent Asylum was removed on 5 October 1843 to Hannan House at West Maitland , this house was on land granted to John Hannan as a returned soldier from the Battle of Waterloo . On 26 October 1844 Governor Sir George Gipps visited Maitland and inspected the Benevolent Asylum. The Governor recommended to the Legislative Council the appropriation of £1000 for the erection of a public Hospital at Maitland with an equal amount to be raised by private subscriptions. A further £200 was voted in the 1845 estimates for the aid of the Maitland Benevolent Asylum on the same condition in addition to sums derived from fines on drunkards. On 9 October 1846 a further 200 was voted for the estimates for 1847.
Hannan house is the last house on the right as you head down hannan street no.13 we believe but state records also mention no.14 opposite, I was unable to place a cache outside the house as the streets are narrow so thought this location was more appropriate , the house opposite the cache was the site of the Seven Seas Hotel/Emu Inn built around 1890 but not initially as a hospital. It later became Riverview private hospital and then afterwards a private residence again. It was only new(ish) when it got caught in the 1893 flood.
State.records.nsw.gov.au/maitland hospital
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