Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat

The Queen Elizabeth Centre (QEC) in Ballarat, Victoria is a part of the Ballarat Health Service.

Queen Elizabeth Centre
Geography
Location	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37.5635°S 143.843°E / -37.5635; 143.843
Organisation
Network	Ballarat Health Service
History
Former name(s)	Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Queen Elizabeth Geriatric Centre
Opened	February 20, 1860 (1860-02-20)

History

The QEC was formed in 1859 and opened on 20 February 1860 as the "Ballarat Benevolent Asylum". It became the Queen Elizabeth Geriatric Centre sometime before 1960 and is now called the Queen Elizabeth Centre.

In 1997, the QEC merged with the Ballarat Base Hospital and the Grampians Psychiatric Service to form the Ballarat Health Service.

References

• Ballarat Historic Timeline
• Picture Australia
• "Ballarat and its Benevolent Asylum: A Nineteenth-Century Model of Christian Duty, Civic Progress and Social Reform" Helen W. Kinloch, February 2004.