Point Heathcote

{{Short description|Feature on Swan River, in Western Australia,}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox landform | water = | name = Point Heathcote | native_name = {{native name|nys|Goolugatup}} | type = Headland | image = File:Heathcote Hospital, April 2021 02.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = | map_width = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_label = | mark = | marker_size = | location = Applecross, Western Australia | grid_ref = | grid_ref_UK = | grid_ref_Ireland = | coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:250 |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}} | coordinates_ref = | range = | part_of = | water_bodies = Swan River | elevation_ft =  | elevation_ref = | surface_elevation_ft =  | surface_elevation_ref = | highest_point = | highest_elevation = | highest_coords = | length = | width = | area =  | depth = | drop = | formed_by = | geology =  | age = | orogeny = | volcanic_arc/belt = | volcanic_arc = | volcanic_belt = | volcanic_field = | last_eruption = | topo = | operator = | designation = | free_label_1 = | free_data_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_data_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_data_3 = | website =  | module = }} '''Point Heathcote''' ({{langx|nys|'''Goolugatup'''}}) 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.<ref name="Her01">[http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/H%20Reg/Heathcote%20Hospital%20(I).PDF Heritage Council of Western Australia – Interim Registry] (accessed:09-03-2007)</ref> Point Heathcote was considered as a site for the capital city by Stirling, before he selected its current position.<ref name="CCSite">[http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/online/walap_start/9_City.html Western Australian Museum – Living In The City] (accessed:09-03-2007)</ref>

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.<ref name=AboriginalHistory>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melvillecity.com.au/community-and-facilities/culture/aboriginal-heritage-and-culture/aboriginal-history-in-the-city-of-melville|title=Aboriginal History in the City of Melville|publisher=City of Melville|accessdate=2015-07-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062451/http://www.melvillecity.com.au/community-and-facilities/culture/aboriginal-heritage-and-culture/aboriginal-history-in-the-city-of-melville|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>

=={{anchor |heathcote-hospital}}Hospital== {{Infobox hospital | name = {{wikidata |property |Q66975337 |P1448 }} | org_group = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | image = File:Heathcote Hospital and Heathcote Pirate Playground, November 2020 02.jpg | image_size = 225 | alt = | caption = The Pirate Playground at the site of the former Heathcote Hospital | mapframe-marker = hospital | mapframe-marker-colour = #7B6660 | mapframe-stroke-colour = #C60C30 | mapframe-zoom = 14 | coordinates = {{coord |qid=Q66975337 |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:250 |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline |format=dms}} | location = Applecross | state = Western Australia | country = Australia | healthcare =  | funding = | type = | religious_affiliation = | affiliation = | patron = | network = | standards = | emergency = | beds = | speciality = | helipad = | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface =  | former_names = | constructed = | opened = {{start date and age|{{#time: Y | {{wikidata |property |raw |Q66975337 |P1619}}}}|{{#time: m | {{wikidata |property |raw |Q66975337 |P1619}}}}|{{#time: d | {{wikidata |property |raw |Q66975337 |P1619}}}}|df=y}} | closed = {{end date and age|1994}} | demolished = | website =  | other_links = | module = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = State Register of Heritage Places | designation1_offname = Heathcote Hospital Precinct | designation1_type = State Registered Place | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 14 June 2021 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = {{SRHP|3289}} }} }} Point Heathcote was the site of the Point Heathcote Mental Reception Home, later known as Heathcote Hospital, for the treatment of patients with mental illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mental Reception Home |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82565453 |accessdate=27 May 2019 |work=The Daily News |date=21 December 1923 |location=Perth, WA |page=10}}</ref> The buildings were designed under the supervision of William Hardwick, who at the time was Principal Architect of the Public Works Department in Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/H%20Reg/Heathcote%20Hospital%20(I).PDF |title=Heritage Council of WA – Register of Heritage places|year=2007|accessdate=2012-05-05}}</ref> The need for a new facility arose due to over-crowding conditions at Claremont Mental Hospital. Following a report on the inadequacies of facilities at Claremont in 1924, a {{convert|23|acre|ha|1|adj=on|order=flip}} site was purchased from the Catholic Church at Point Heathcote.

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 {{convert|75|ft|m|1|adj=on|order=flip}} 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 £A{{nbsp}}55,675,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32238296 |title=Mental Reception Home at Point Heathcote |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth, WA |date=17 November 1928 |accessdate=13 February 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> equivalent to {{AUD|{{Inflation|AU|{{#expr:55675/10^6}}|1929|r=2}}{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}} in {{Inflation/year|AU}}. The Lieutenant Governor, Sir Robert McMillan, officially opened the centre on 22 February 1929.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32261010 |title=Official Opening of the Heathcote Mental Home |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=23 February 1929 |accessdate=13 February 2013 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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.<ref>Laud, Peter.(1999) "Park of perfection". ''The Sunday Times'', 21 March 1999, Sunday section, p.3-5</ref> In 2000, the hospital and grounds were designated a heritage precinct.<ref>''Heathcote Heritage Precinct opened by Premier after $6m redevelopment of hospital site'' Media statement, Premier of Western Australia, P00/39, 19 March 2000</ref> The land, together with the heritage buildings, is also protected by the heritage agreement, which is registered as a memorial on the land title.<ref name="HHS2001">[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/(Lookup+by+Page)/20011710014543?opendocument Western Australian Parliament – Heathcote Hospital Site (reservation) Bill 2001] (accessed:09-03-2007)</ref>

==See also== *Waylen Bay

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Category:Swan River (Western Australia) Category:Places of Noongar significance Category:Applecross, Western Australia