Local Government
Bruce Rock
Region
Wheatbelt
Cnr butcher and Dunstal Sts Bruce Rock
Bruce Rock
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1922
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 11 Sep 1997 | Category 3 | |
The hospital precinct demonstrates the development of the medical and health facilities during the parallel development of Bruce Rock.
A care facility within the grounds of the Bruce Rock Hospital which comprises the original 1922 hospital building and former operating theatre. A single storey brick building, it displays elements of the Inter-War California Bungalow style with some influence of the Federation Arts and Crafts style. There have been numerous extensions but the original building layout has been retained. The building is linked to other facilities in the hospital complex by means of a covered walkway which adjoins the western side of the breezeway between Memorial House, Bruce Rock and the kitchen block, and is integral within the hospital complex.
Since the First World War, the idea of a memorial in the form of a hospital was mooted by the Roads Board Memberswho donated 65 pounds and called for community subscriptions, with the Government donating 750 pounds. The first nurses were posted to Bruce Rock in 1918, followed by Dr Noel Brown in 1920. On the 19th August 1922 the former Colonial Secretary, WT Broun, laid the foundation stone.The hospital was opened by the Premier Sir James Mitchell on the 18th November 1922. A Hospital Board was appointed and Dr A Bean was the resident doctor from 1921 until 1930. By 1940 Dr H Illingworth was at loggerheads with the hospital staff and the board, patronage disappeared and in 1941 the hospital closed. A new Board re-opened the hospital. By 1952 a new operating theatre and general ward were constructed and in 1953 a coronation rose garden of 9 dozen roses commemorated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1968 a new hospital facility was built and the Medical Department proposed demolition of the original hospital, which has since been converted into an aged care hostel.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| A Lovell;"Bruce Rock, A Revised History". pp 83, 87 | Shire of Bruce Rock | 1993 | |
| JK Ewers;"Bruce Rock, The story of the District". | Bruce Rock Roads Board | 1959 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Original Use | HEALTH | Hospital |
| Present Use | HEALTH | Hospital |
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