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Heathcote Museum and Gallery is situated in the historic & heritage protected site of the old Heathcote Mental Reception Home and offers visitors an insight into the early importance of Point Heathcote (Goolugatup), and its vital role in the Mental Health facilities developed throughout Western Australia in the 20th Century.
Museum Themes
- Discover the siginificance of the Point Heathcote (Goolugatup) site from Aboriginal to the present time.
- Learn about the Heathcote Mental Reception Home and the significant role it played in mental health practice in WA 1928 to 1996.
Museum and Site Tours
Site tours of the Heathcote Cultural Precinct explore the significance of the site to Aboriginal people, white settlers and its later development into a mental health reception home.
Contact the Museums and Local History team to arrange a tour on (08) 9364 0158.
Museum Collection & Research
The Heathcote Museum collection includes photographs, newspaper articles, maps and plans, oral histories and documents. It also contains a small number of historical artefacts.
All resource material is available for the community to view for research purposes or just for those interested in the history of Point Heathcote, and is primarily located at the Local History Reference Collection at the Melville Discovery Centre.
To make an appointment to view this collection, telephone 9364 0158.
The history of the Heathcote Mental Reception Home also forms a part of the Mental Health Museum of WA (Inc) collection. The Museum contains archives, photographs, memorabilia and records of staff and patients who lived and worked in different mental health settings in Western Australia.
Located
in Shaw House, Graylands, Brockway
Road, Mt Claremont.
Open on the third
Wednesday of the month 10.00am - 3.00pm, please call (08 )9347 6618 to
confirm
times before visiting.