[1] James Wood became the licensee of the Standard Hotel in Pine Creek, which they managed together until moving to Palmerston, where Hannah became the owner of property.
Wood would petition to the UK for the Queen Anne's Bounty, however this was refused on the grounds that most of her work had occurred in Australia and not in England.
[2] Following the death of her husband Wood returned to nursing, working with the local doctor and families to provide care for people in the area.
[2][3] Following an accident in 1902 that hospitalised Wood for considerable time the community petitioned to the government for the procurement of a special pension.
The Minister for the Northern Territory (then part of South Australia) offered if necessary a bed in the Palmerston Hospital but declined the pension.