New Zealand - Invercargill - Hospital - Circa 1910 - William Need Photo - Photo Postcard Format #t680 Victoria Wing, Dee Street Hospital, Invercargill - The Victoria Wing was built to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in 1897. - The people of Invercargill and Southland contributed more than £2,000 towards the cost, the remaining £2,000 coming from the central government. - The then chairman of the Hospital Board, J.E. Watson, led the fundraising appeal. - The original hospital had been built in 1864. After extensions to Kew Hospital in 1957, it became a wholly maternity unit. It was closed in the 1970s and demolished on 1 Mar. 1979. - A McDonalds outlet has been built on the site (Reference: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc4/IMG0048.asp) Invercargill - The southernmost and westernmost city - One of the southernmost cities in the world - The commercial centre of the Southland region - Lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti - Many streets in the city are named after rivers in Great Britain - 2018 census: the population was 54,204 Reference: Wikipedia