Some of those groups now meet at a separate hospital site.
In 1948, the old hospital site was adapted for use as a prison.
An old hospital site has been identified with potential for hundreds of new homes.
In June 2013 a new learning centre was opened on the hospital site.
In 2006 a new housing development began between the town and the old hospital site, projected to add at least 5,000 to the town's population.
There are two bus stops to be found to the east and four to the north of the hospital site.
Instead, the state wants to go ahead with a previous $57 million plan to consolidate the school at the hospital site.
A subdivision now stands on the site of the old hospital.
The site of the hospital has been in use for 700 years helping the townspeople.
However, when this area was later redeveloped, the station moved back to the hospital site.