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Western Australia - Organisation
King Edward Memorial Hospital (1916 - )
- From
- 1916
- Categories
- Adoption Agency, Maternity Home, Hospital, Government-run
- Alternative Names
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King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) has been Western Australia's principal public maternity and gynaelogical hospital since 1916. Many young women in out of home care were admitted there, and many babies were adopted from KEMH.
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In 1958, following overcrowding in the maternity wards of KEMH, the state government purchased Kensington House, at 91 Hensman Road. This was a former private maternity hospital which was converted into an annexe of KEMH known as Kensington Annexe. This was primarily used as a maternity facility, including as a place where women stayed prior to giving birth and their babies being adopted out.
In 2023, KEMH apologised for its role in past forced adoption practices, noting that "there has been a myriad of painful enduring conseqences...we are deply sorry for the trauma and heartbreak that resulted for all those who have been affected by this practice".
Locations
- 1916 -
- Location - King Edward Memorial Hospital was opened by the government, with the main entrance on Bagot Road, Subiaco.
- Collection Title
- King Edward Memorial Hospital records (1916 - )
- Date Range
- 1916 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Freedom of Information Officer, King Edward Memorial Hospital:
Postal Address: PO Box 134, Subiaco, WA, 6904
Phone: (02) 6162 5800
Email: foi.kemh@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Patients-and-Visitors/FOI
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Interviews with Clara Taylor and Dorothy Evelyn Wiley, nurses, State Library of Western Australia (1971)
- Date Range
- 1971 - 1971
- Reference
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OH136
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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- Item Title
- Beryl Grant interviewed by Christine Choo in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project (2011)
- Date Range
- 2011 - 2011
- Reference
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5755519
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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Staff working with Recordak equipment, 1967
Government Industrial School Subiaco, 1900
King Edward Memorial Hospital, 1926
King Edward Memorial Hospital, 1946
King Edward Memorial Hospital, 1965
K.E.M.H. entrance, 1966
King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, June 1981
Ward at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, September 1969
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