Looking For Gracie

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Summary

This is a short documentary about searching for the ghost of a patient who died at the now derelict Prince Henry Hospital in Sydney. Background is provided on how the hospital came to be established following a smallpox outbreak, and how a patient named Gracie fell out of a window and now haunts the buildings. The filmmakers enter the disused and dilapidated building in search of a ghost.

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  • Official selection – NSW Nurses and Midwives Association‘s Nurses & Midwives Short Film Festival (Aust), 2010

Author: J Bird, 2023

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Nursing

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AustraliaNew South WalesNSW Nurses & Midwives AssociationNursingPrince Henry Hospital - SydneyPublic HealthSmallpoxUnionsWorking classWorking conditions

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Documentary - Short

Duration: 5 mins 18 secs

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