Hospitals 05 April 2023

New Footscray Hospital site features 'Faces of Footscray' exhibition

The New Footscray Hospital site is home to a new photo portrait series.

The Faces of Footscray exhibition celebrates the people of Melbourne’s west and their strong connection to the vibrant community of Footscray.

It highlights eight members of the local community, including hospital staff and volunteers. Each participant is filmed as they share their diverse stories of connections to place, culture, and community.

You can see the exhibition on the hoarding of the hospital site on the corner of Geelong Road and Federal Street.

About the Faces of Footscray exhibition

Faces of Footscray is the first art commission for the New Footscray Hospital Project. It is a collaboration between:

Plenary Health – the consortium delivering the hospital
Footscray Community Arts - the official arts partner for the New Footscray Hospital Project.

Learn more about the Faces of Footscray exhibition on their website.

Accessible video transcript

IMAGES: Close-up of workers attaching vinyl hoarding signage to the wooden fencing on the Geelong Road side of the construction site.

A worker slides the signage along its holding rail prior to being screwed into place.

Timelapse of workers screwing the signage into place, and wiping down the signs.

Close-up of two of the community members featured on the hoarding, Dr Emina Hajdarevic and Mohamed Semra.

A wide shot of a section of the installed hoarding featuring several of the featured ‘Faces of Footscray’ personalities.

A view walking alongside a section of the new hoarding on the Geelong Road footpath.

A partnership slide displays with the text ‘In partnership with Western Health and Plenary Health (Western Health and Plenary Health logos)’

The closing screen displays the Victorian Health Building Authority logo, the web address vhba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

End of transcript.

Your New Footscray Hospital

The New Footscray Hospital is being built in the heart of Footscray on the corner of Geelong and Ballarat Road. Construction is near the halfway mark with the first three buildings recently reaching structural completion.

Once complete the hospital will have more than 500 beds. It will be able to treat almost 15,000 more patients and allow almost 20,000 extra people to be seen by the emergency department each year. There will also be more outpatient, mental health, palliative care and surgical services.

Learn more about the New Footscray Hospital.