page_title: Pacific Islander Hospital and Cemetery site
section_title: Hospital site
hierarchical_section_title: Pacific Islander Hospital and Cemetery site / Description / Hospital site
caption_attribution_description: English: 650053 Kitchen chimney and boiler base (N concrete slab) of former Pacific Islander Hospital building, from west (EHP, 2017)
context_page_description: Pacific Islander Hospital and Cemetery site is a heritage-listed archaeological site of a former hospital and private cemetery at the corner of Bluebell Road East and Gernich Road, Tinana, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1883 to 1888 .It is also known as Pacific Islander Hospital and Cemetery site, South Sea Islander Hospital and Cemetery site, and Pacific Islander Hospital, Maryborough. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 October 2017.
context_section_description: The registered former hospital site occupies 1.95 hectares (4.8 acres) in the northwest corner of Lot 5 M371033. Mature vegetation has been substantially cleared from the heavily disturbed site, with the exception of some scattered and perimeter eucalypts, and grass cover comprises thick, waist high weed species such as Blady or Kunai grass (Imperata cylindrical) and Snake Weed (Stachytarpheta spp.).
  Visible evidence of the 19th century occupation includes three rectangular concrete chimney bases, positioned in a triangular formation and orientated roughly parallel to Bluebell Road, and isolated artefacts and scatters.
  The northern chimney base (detached kitchen) is the largest of the three and comprises a 4.37 metres (14.3 ft) (east-west) x 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in) (north-south) concrete slab, with surface concentrations of mortar and scattered bricks on top and around. Outlines visible on the centre of the slab indicate the location of the former fireplace / boiler structure or partitions.
  The south-eastern chimney base (hospital building) comprises a 2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) (east-west) x 1.72 metres (5 ft 8 in) (north-south) concrete slab, with surface traces of mortar and brick. Freshly broken pieces of concrete from the southwest corner of the slab indicate the possible use of heavy machinery in clearing the site.
  The south-western chimney base (hospital building) comprises a 2.18 metres (7 ft 2 in) (east-west) x 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in) (north-south) concrete slab, with surface traces of remnant mortar.
  Artefacts distributed across the hospital site are generally highly fragmented, comprising scatters and small isolated pieces of ceramic (predominately domestic, with traces of possible medical earthenware), glass, butchered bone, brick and clay pipe. Artefacts in the vicinity of the dam (former waterhole), to the southwest of the chimney slabs, include stone tools and freshwater mussel shells (Velesunio ambiguous).
caption: Kitchen chimney and boiler base (N concrete slab) of former Pacific Islander Hospital building, from west, 2017
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