All Australians are entitled to free hospital cover introduced into Australia via medicare in 1984. There are public hospitals located all across Australia and if your looking to find where your local hospital is please visit the following links, these links are supplied by Public Hospitals .com.au: NSW Public Hospitals, Victorian Public Hospitals, Queensland Public Hospitals, Western Australia Public Hospitals, South Australian Public Hospitals, Northern Territory Public Hospitals and Tasmanian Public Hospitals.