A comprehensive list of midwifery run birth centres across Australia. This list includes birth centres attached to hospitals and free standing birth centres.
Canberra Midwifery Program
Birth Centre
The Canberra Hospital
Yamba Drive
Garran ACT 2605
Phone: (02)6244 3145
Fax: (02)6244 3145
Email: canberramidwiferyprogram@act.gov.au
Belmont Birthing Services
Belmont Hospital
Croudace Bay Road
Belmont NSW 2280
Phone: (02) 4923 2204
Blacktown Hospital Birth Centre
Blacktown Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
Phone: (02) 9881 8000
Murundhu dharaa Birthing Centre
14 Palmer Street
Orange NSW 2800
Phone (02) 6393 9000
Website: www.oams.net.au/antenatal.php
Royal Hospital for Women Birth Centre
First Floor
Baker Street
Randwick NSW 2031
Phone: (02) 9382 6111
Royal North Shore Hospital Birth Centre
Pacific Highway
St Leonards, NSW 2065
Phone: (02) 9926 8919
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Birth Centre
Missenden Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
Phone: (02) 9515 6405
Web site: www.cs.nsw.gov.au/rpa
Ryde Midwifery Group Practice
Ryde Hospital
Denistone Road
Eastwood NSW 2122
Phone: (02) 9858 7549
Web site: www.mumsatryde.org.au
St George Hospital Birth Centre
Gray Street, Kogarah NSW
Phone: (02) 9350 3103
Web site: www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/sgh
No midwifery managed birth centres in the Northern Territory
Gold Coast Hospital Birth Centre
108 Nerang Street Southport QLD 4215
Phone: (07) 5519 8211
Mackay Birth Centre
475 Bridge Rd, Mackay
PO Box 5580, Mackay Mail Centre QLD 4740
Phone: (07) 4968 6404
Email: birth_centre-mbh@health.qld.gov.au
Royal Womens’ Hospital Birth Centre
Butterfield St, Herston QLD 4029
Phone: (07) 3636 8966
Website: www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh
Toowoomba Base Hospital Birth Centre
Wilmot Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350
Phone: (07) 4616 6000
Website: www.fbc.org.au
Townsville Hospital Birth Centre
100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas QLD 4814
Phone: (07) 4796 2779
Website: www.fbctownsville.org.au
Flinders Medical Centre Birth Centre
Flinders Drive, Bedford Park SA 5042
Phone: (08) 8204 3130
Web site: www.flinders.sa.gov.au/womenandchildren/pages/maternity
Birthing and Assessment Centre Low
Lyell McEwin Hospital
Haydown Road
Elizabeth Vale SA 5112
Phone: (08) 8182 9236
Lauceston Birth Centre
Australia’s only free standing, independently run birth centre
14 Frankland Rise
Launceston TAS 7250
Phone: (03) 6334 3584
Website: www.birthcentre.org.au
Queen Alex Maternity Service Birth Centre
Royal Hobart Hospital
48 Liverpool Street
Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: (03) 6222 8131
Family Birth Centre (currently closed for upgrading)
Angliss Hospital
Albert Street
Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156
Phone: (03) 9764 6226 or (03) 9764 6305
Email: FamilyBirthCentre@angliss.org.au
Family Birth Centre
Mercy Hospital For Women
Corner Studley Road and Burgundy Street
Heidelberg VIC 3084
Web site: www.mercy.com.au
(please note that Mercy Hospital for Women is relocating to the new premises in Heidelberg approximately April 2005 – new phone number unknown at time of publishing)
Monash Birth Centre
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton Campus
246 Clayton Road
Clayton VIC 3168
Phone: (03) 9928 8780
Email: birthcentre@southernhealth.org.au
Family Birth Centre
King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women
374 Bagot Rd, Subiaco WA 6008
Phone: (08) 9340 1800
Email: margaret.davies@health.wa.gov.au
Web site: www.health.wa.gov.au/services/detail.cfm?Unit_ID=401
If you know of a birth centre in Australia that is not listed here - please email Jane with the details.