Point Heathcote
Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox landform Point Heathcote (Template:Langx) is a geographic feature located on the south east part of Melville Water on Swan River. It is located in Applecross, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
History
The area was named after George Gage Heathcote, son of Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote, a midshipman on HMS Success, who is said to have been the first European to land there. It was one of the landing and camp sites of Captain James Stirling during his exploration of the Swan River in April 1827.[1] Point Heathcote was considered as a site for the capital city by Stirling, before he selected its current position.[2]
Prior to European settlement, the area was known to the Noongar indigenous people as Goolugatup. It was a permanent camping area, and also used for initiation ceremonies.[3]
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The Point Heathcote Mental Reception Home was constructed as a "home for the reception of recoverable patients, and not for senile, epileptic, or mentally deficient patients". It provided accommodation for 38 male and 38 female patients, in two separate wards with a central administration block connected to the wards by covered walkways. A two-storey accommodation building, housing 36 nurses, was also constructed on the western portion of the site. In 1928, a Script error: No such module "convert". water tower/clock tower was designed by the then Principal Architect, John Tait. Point Heathcote Mental Reception Home was completed by early 1929 at a final cost of £AScript error: No such module "String".55,675,[6] equivalent to Template:AUD in Template:Inflation/year. The Lieutenant Governor, Sir Robert McMillan, officially opened the centre on 22 February 1929.[7]
In 1940, a new treatment block, "Swan House" was constructed on the site, accommodating a further 26 patients. It was designed by the Government Architect, Albert Ernest (Paddy) Clare and constructed at a cost of 15,000 pounds.
By 1994, the function as a hospital had ceased, and various ideas were put forward for the site.[8] In 2000, the hospital and grounds were designated a heritage precinct.[9] The land, together with the heritage buildings, is also protected by the heritage agreement, which is registered as a memorial on the land title.[10]
See also
References
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- ↑ Heritage Council of Western Australia – Interim Registry (accessed:09-03-2007)
- ↑ Western Australian Museum – Living In The City (accessed:09-03-2007)
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- ↑ Laud, Peter.(1999) "Park of perfection". The Sunday Times, 21 March 1999, Sunday section, p.3-5
- ↑ Heathcote Heritage Precinct opened by Premier after $6m redevelopment of hospital site Media statement, Premier of Western Australia, P00/39, 19 March 2000
- ↑ Western Australian Parliament – Heathcote Hospital Site (reservation) Bill 2001 (accessed:09-03-2007)
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