New Zealand - Rotorua - Nurses at Queen Elizabeth Hospital - 1942 - 1948 - Private Original Photo #604544 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rotorua - QE was the 'Services Convalescent Hospital' - Opened in 1942 - Provided rehabilitation to soldiers returning from World War II. - Renamed the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1948 - Began to specialise in the treatment of rheumatic disease. - Today Known as QE Health. Reference: Read more at http://rotorua.kete.net.nz/site/topics/show/489-queen-elizabeth-hospital-rotorua Rotorua - Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua. - The majority of the Rotorua District is in the Bay of Plenty Region - An estimated permanent population of 59,500 - The country's 10th largest urban area - The Bay of Plenty's second largest urban area behind Tauranga Reference: Wikipedia Arawa House - Located on the corner of Arawa & Amohia Streets - Originally built as a Parsonage for Vicar c1889/1890 - Sold and became a guesthouse until 1940 - Put up for auction in 1940 - Converted to a Nurses Home after 1940 - Nurses from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lived here until 1954 - The Waikato Hospital Board bought it in 1959 - Used it as a nurses home for the Rotorua Hospital - Waiariki Community College rent a section of it for their nursing college in 1984 - Owned by the Waikato Hospital Board by 1986 - Then sold to a developer - The original Arawa House demolished by September 1986. Reference: Read more at http://rotorua.kete.net.nz/rotorua_local_history_buildings/topics/show/314-arawa-house