Annual Queen Victoria Hospital Memorial Service

Held on the second Sunday of September each year, the Welsh Church holds a memorial service to commemorate the foundation of what later became the Queen Victoria Hospital – The original health service was founded and staffed by women to provide medical services for the women of Victoria. The Victoria Hospital and its small dispensary started in the church hall and what is currently a cleaning cupboard at The Welsh Church in 1896 and was the initiative of the founders of The Victorian Medical Women’s Society, which included Dr Constance Stone, the first female doctor to be registered in Australia, and the first cohort of women to study medicine in Victoria.

Members of the public welcome, no RSVP required.