St Anne's Nursing Home was a maternity and general hospital run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1937 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. Many babies were adopted from St Anne's. Around 1958, the Home became known as St Anne's Maternity Home.
1937 - c. 1958 St Anne's Nursing Home
c. 1958 - 1982 St Anne's Maternity Home
1982 - 1997 St Anne's Mercy Hospital
1997 - 2014 Mercy Hospital
2014 - St John of God Mount Lawley Hospital
Sources used to compile this entry: 'St. Anne's Nursing Home', 12 April 1937, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41293816; MercyCare Anniversary Celebratory Newsletter, MercyCare, November 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20130411043751/http://www.mercycare.com.au/resources/Anniversary%20Newsletter%20A4%20%20-%20web.pdf; 'History', in St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital Website, https://www.sjog.org.au/our-locations/st-john-of-god-mt-lawley-hospital/about/history; Western Australia. Department for Community Development, 'Saint Anne’s p.61', ROADS. An index of locations and access to adoption records., with Adoption Service, Department for Community Development, Dept. For Community Development, 2005, https://web.archive.org/web/20110327071024/http://www.dcp.wa.gov.au/FosteringandAdoption/Documents/ROADS2006.pdf.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 2 May 2013, Last modified: 30 September 2014
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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