RSL LifeCare (NSW) expand in Lismore on the Far North Coast

Mar 01 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

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RSL LifeCare has purchased the former Lismore Private Hospital site with plans to turn it into a "state-of-the-art residential care home" with 64 single bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, a chapel and extensive lounge and dining facilities. It will be named 'Fromelles'.

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Government Policy

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