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Western Australia - Organisation
Greenplace (1914 - 1979)
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Green Place on the Swan River, Mosman Park, c. 1920, courtesy of Community History Images Collection, The Grove Library.
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- From
- 1914
- To
- 1979
- Categories
- Government-run, Disability Institution, Home
- Alternative Names
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- Greenplace Hospital
- Greenplace Hostel
- Green Place
Greenplace was a government-run facility, established in Mosman Park in 1914 as an annexe of the Claremont Hospital for the Insane. It admitted female psychiatric patients, possibly including adolescents with intellectual disabilities. From 1946 until it closed in 1979, Greenplace was a hostel for female psychiatric patients.
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Greenplace was established in 1914 as an annexe of the Claremont Hospital for the Insane. It is possible that adolescent girls and young women were admitted to Greenplace.
Greenplace was described in the 'Report and Appendices of the Royal Commission in Lunacy' in 1922 as being in a private house that had once been used as a hospital for 'female inebriates'.
When Greenplace was visited by the Royal Commission, there were 15 'quiet and convalescent' female patients who did 'a great deal of the housework and mending of clothes'. The house and its location overlooking the Swan River were said to be 'charming' but the access for patients was 'somewhat difficult'. The house itself was 'comfortable' but needed 'certain repairs'. The Commissioners thought Greenplace should and could take more and a greater variety of patients if 'a better heating system and shower baths' were installed.
Locations
- 1914 - 1979
- Location - Green Place was established as an annexe of Claremont Hospital for the Insane in the former home of the Eliot family on land that is known as Green Place Reserve, off Wellington St, in Mosman Park
- Collection Title
- Hospital [Public Hospitals] Records, Western Australia, Department of Health Western Australia (1894 - )
- Date Range
- 1894 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Freedom of Information Coordinator, Department of Health:
Postal address: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9222 6411
Email: FOI.DOH@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Access-my-WA-Health-medical-records
For enquiries regarding records of hospitals or health providers that are still in operation, please contact the hospital or health provider directly. Contact details for each hospital can be found using the link provided above.
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Collection of Historical Images, Mental Health Musuem WA (1900 - 1984)
- Date Range
- 1900 - 1984
- Reference
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- Contact
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DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Community History Images Collection (1890s - )
- Date Range
- 1890 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Community History Librarian, Grove Library:
Address: 1 Leake St (cnr Leake St & Stirling Hwy), Peppermint Grove WA 6011
Phone: (08) 9286 8686
Fax: (08) 9286 8687
Email: history@thegrovelibrary.com
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of Greenplace Hostel (1954 - 1978)
- Date Range
- 1954 - 1978
- Reference
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S435; S436
[State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Freedom of Information Coordinator, Department of Health:
Postal address: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9222 6411
Email: FOI.DOH@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Access-my-WA-Health-medical-records
For enquiries regarding records of hospitals or health providers that are still in operation, please contact the hospital or health provider directly. Contact details for each hospital can be found using the link provided above.
DETAILS
Order for conveyance, 1918
Green Place on the Swan River, Mosman Park
