The Heathcote Collection is a collection of over 300 items relating to Heathcote Reception Home and Heathcote Hospital, held by City of Melville Libraries and Museums. It includes photographs, artefacts (such as medical instruments), newspaper articles, magazines, newsletters, maps and plans, uniforms, oral histories, documents and records (mostly relating to staffing, procedures, and building maintenance). This collection does not include client files or patient records, however some records, such as newsletters and magazines produced at Heathcote, may mention individual patients. The majority of the collection dates from the 1960s to 1980s.
Items within this collection are Open Access. To make an appointment to access items in this collection, please contact City of Melville Libraries and Museums.
Prepared by: Constance Thurley-Hart
Created: 23 December 2022
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/ENT0180b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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