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CONTESSA DIAMANTINA ROMA, LADY BOWEN
by Dr Owen Harris Chairman, Diamantina Health Care Museum Association Inc
Abstract:
Contessa Diamantina Roma married Sir George Bowe
n on 28/04/1856 at Corfu,
Ionian Islands. He
was appointed first Governor of
Queensland and they arrived in Bris
bane on December 10, 1859 and
declared Queensland a separat
e state. Lady Bowen wa
s a beautiful, caring, c
onscientious lady who
stimulated the formation of benevo
lent and charitable organizations
in Queensland (eg Lady Bowen
Lying-In Hospital, Diamantina Orphanage). T
he Orphanage became run-down and a new one
opened at Woolloongabba, Brisbane. Then in 1901, it wa
s translated into the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Disease, 1943 t
he South Brisbane Auxiliary Hospital and ultimately the new Princess
Alexandra Hospital in 1956.
On her departure in 1868 she was
given a very spec
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