Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Foundation -- Doctors, nurses, patients and diseases -- Committee, building and finances, 1861-1900 -- Doctors and diseases -- Nurses and their patients 1860-1900 -- The hospital remade: Committee, building and finances, 1860-1900 -- Community involvement -- Doctors and diseases -- Patients and their illnesses, 1900-1939 -- Nursing 1900-1939 -- Second world war -- Medical revolution -- Hospital rebuilt 1945-1972 -- Nursing 1945-1972 -- Doctors 1945-1972 -- Rise of the allied health professions and ancillary services -- Warrnambool Base Hospital, 1972-1998 -- Major changes and events 1972-2000 -- Doctors and nurses 1972-2000 -- Mergers, closures and amalgamations (South West Healthcare) -- South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals