Greenplace was a government-run facility, established in Mosman Park in 1914 as an annexe of the Claremont Hospital for the Insane. It admitted female psychiatric patients, and possibly also adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
Greenplace was described in the ‘Report and Appendices of the Royal Commission in Lunacy’ in 1922 as being in a private house that had once been used as a hospital for women considered to have issues with alcohol.
When Greenplace was visited by the Royal Commission, there were 15 ‘quiet and convalescent’ female patients who did ‘a great deal of the housework and mending of clothes’. The house and its location overlooking the Swan River were said to be ‘charming,’ however it was difficult for patients to access. The house itself was in need of repair, but still described as ‘comfortable’. The Commissioners thought Greenplace should and could take more and a greater variety of patients if ‘a better heating system and shower baths’ were installed. Greenplace closed in 1979.
From
1914
To
1979
Alternative Names
Greenplace Hospital
Greenplace Hostel
Green Place
1914 - 1979
Green Place was established as an annexe of Claremont Hospital for the Insane in the former home of the Eliot family on land that is known as Green Place Reserve, off Wellington St, in Mosman Park, Western Australia (Building Demolished)