BA3488/67: Edward Millen Home, East Victoria Park, 7:38 am 31 January 2019

Summary

Elizabeth Baillie was a trained midwife, and one of the first nurses to be registered in WA who bought the land the house sits on in 1911 for £650. She funded the building’s construction in 1912 and named it the Rotunda Maternity Hospital. From 7 June 1919, the Rotunda Hospital was opened to receive Spanish influenza patients, to 19 September 1919, when it was closed. In 1920, the place was taken over by the Commonwealth Government on behalf of the Department of Repatriation, renamed the Edward Millen Home and developed for use for tubercular care. In 1982, the place was transferred from Repatriation to the State’s Mental Health Service and further upgrades of a minor nature were undertaken. The place was used for child and adolescent mental health purposes and was shared with facilities for autistic children, with Hillview Clinic serving the needs of the former and the Mildred Creak Centre the latter. (Heritage Council of WA)