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Fay Miller Collection - Sunny Brae Hospital
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Fay Miller, Sunny Brae Private Hospital, Eumundi - Kenilworth Road. Images, documents, objects.
DescriptionFay Miller (nee Peachey), daughter of Jessie Peachey (nee Luke) and the niece of Emily Luke collated the collection and cared for it during her life. After Fay’s passing, her daughters first loaned and then donated the collection to the Heritage Library.
The Fay Miller Collection comprises over 1,500 images, documents, personal letters, postcards, family notices, cushion covers, war records, large portraits, family bible, books, journals, case note registers, patients’ logs and maternity case records.
The collection has been conserved, rehoused, indexed, and partially digitised.
Amelia (Emily) Luke completed nursing training in Brisbane after engaging in private nursing for some years. She established Sunny Brae Private Hospital at her home in Eumundi. Sunny Brae opened in January 1924 to support soldiers when they returned from the Great War.
In the following years Sunny Brae catered mainly for maternity patients, but a wide variety of general work was also undertaken. General work included treating injuries and respiratory complaints, nursing the elderly, teeth extractions and other minor surgery. Extra trained staff were engaged when required and some local young ladies served a probationary period before going on to nursing training in Brisbane.
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Fay Miller, Sunny Brae Private Hospital, Eumundi - Kenilworth Road. Images, documents, objects.
DescriptionFay Miller (nee Peachey), daughter of Jessie Peachey (nee Luke) and the niece of Emily Luke collated the collection and cared for it during her life. After Fay’s passing, her daughters first loaned and then donated the collection to the Heritage Library.The Fay Miller Collection comprises over 1,500 images, documents, personal letters, postcards, family notices, cushion covers, war records, large portraits, family bible, books, journals, case note registers, patients’ logs and maternity case records.
The collection has been conserved, rehoused, indexed, and partially digitised.
Amelia (Emily) Luke completed nursing training in Brisbane after engaging in private nursing for some years. She established Sunny Brae Private Hospital at her home in Eumundi. Sunny Brae opened in January 1924 to support soldiers when they returned from the Great War.
In the following years Sunny Brae catered mainly for maternity patients, but a wide variety of general work was also undertaken. General work included treating injuries and respiratory complaints, nursing the elderly, teeth extractions and other minor surgery. Extra trained staff were engaged when required and some local young ladies served a probationary period before going on to nursing training in Brisbane.
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Fay Miller Collection - Sunny Brae Hospital. Sunshine Coast Life, accessed 28/04/2026, https://sunshinecoast.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/199