Monash Health – Casey Hospital
Monash Health is proud to have provided health care for Victorians since the mid-1800s.
You can trace our history back to:
- Melbourne Benevolent Asylum was founded in 1850 to provide care for the sick and destitute residents of Melbourne. The current location in Cheltenham was opened by the facility in 1911. In 1970, it was renamed Kingston Centre and the centre’s focus dramatically changed. It is now a major centre for rehabilitation and aged care.
- Homeopathic Hospital, which was in operation from c.1869 until c.1934. It was the precursor to the Prince Henry’s Hospital, which was in Clayton from 1934 to 1992.
- McCulloch House, which was opened in 1888, joined the Queen Victoria Medical Centre (1997).
- Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital was the first Australian hospital “for women, by women”. The hospital was established by the first Australian female doctors in 1896. It was in operation from 1896 to 1987, when it was merged with Prince Henry’s Hospital & Moorabbin Hospital to create Monash Medical Centre.
- Dandenong Hospital, which was established in 1942, was integrated into the Southern Health Care Network in 1995 (predecessor to Monash Health).
- Moorabbin Hospital, which was established in 1977 as a community-based hospital. It became part of Monash Medical Centre (in 1987).
- There are many community health services available, including those for Cranbourne, Berwick and Dandenong as well as Springvale, Parkdales, Cockatoo and Bunyip.
Monash Health also included the following hospitals:
- Hampton Rehabilitation Hospital
- Heatherton Hospital
- Mordialloc and Cheltenham Community Hospital
The Casey Hospital was Victoria’s newest hospital, opening in 2004 to serve one of the fastest-growing areas of the state.
Clayton’s Monash Children’s Hospital was established in 2017 as an integral part of the Monash Medical Centre.
Our Heritage
Monash Health, formerly Southern Health, is the custodian of a large collection of historical materials.
One century of caring about children
Since the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children was established in 1921, and Prince Henry’s Hospital in Melbourne, health care and well-being for children has been a top priority.
The Queen Victoria Hospital was the first Victoria hospital to offer more flexible visiting hours for parents in the 1940s.
This was because paediatricians, including Dame Kate Campbell, believed that a child’s recovery was dependent on the inclusion of their family.
From 1910, the Homeopathic Hospital (1869-1934), later Prince Henry’s Hospital in Melbourne, opened a children’s unit. It was closed in 1978 after major reforms in paediatric services in Victoria.
Monash Medical Centre Clayton was established to serve the needs of young families who moved to the rapidly growing areas of south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne. It opened in 1987 and offers comprehensive paediatrics services.
In 1955, a children’s ward at Dandenong Hospital was established. The ward was also located at Monash Health’s new hospital Casey Hospital 2004, in 2004. Monash Health was established in 2013 after Southern Health was renamed.
A century of care for children tells the story through pictures and words.
Our heritage collection
Monash Health is the custodian for Victoria’s largest historical collection of multi-hospitals.
Most of the material is directly related to the history, community interactions, and culture of our predecessor organizations. This collection provides valuable research and reference resources for Victoria’s citizens.
This collection includes important historical areas such as the first hospital for women in Australia by women, the first female doctors in Australia and the history of homoeopathy. Many of the items are also of particular state-wide or local significance. The creation of the Monash Medical Centre Clayton in 1987 coincided with the formation of the Collection. It combines the historical collections from:
Queen Victoria Medical CentrePrince Edward’s Hospital
Moorabbin Hospital
The collection covers a broad range of times in the history of Melbourne’s hospitals. It provides a comprehensive overview of the past hospitals, including the:
Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, 1850-1912 (today called Kingston Centre).
Homeopathic Hospital, c.1869 to.c.1934 (precursor of Prince Henry’s Hospital, which operated from 1934 to 1992).
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital (1996-1987).
Also included in the collection is material from Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin, Dandenong Hospital (opened 1942), Kingston Centre(opened in 1911), McCulloch House (1988), Jessie McPherson Hospital (1931), and Casey Hospital (opened late 2004).
Photographs, documents, and pieces of medical equipment are all tangible records of our evolution and growth.
The Cheer up Children Collection
This group of 31 watercolours forms the historical core of our art collections. It was originally painted in 1910 to decorate the walls of the Homeopathic Hospital’s Children’s Wing.
The Homeopathic Hospital, which was founded in 1877 and located in St Kilda Road, was Melbourne’s first hospital. The generous donations of benefactors were essential to its daily operations and refurbishments. The funds for the new Children’s Wing were made possible by an anonymous donor. To display illustrations and drawings of nursery rhymes and stories for children, the donor requested that frames be attached to the walls of the Children’s Wards. This was known as the “Cheer up Children Paintings” and it was the first time that a Children’s Ward had been decorated in this way.
Janet Edith Alsop and Janet Cumbrae Stewart were the four artists who were asked to create the works. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Jessie Traill, and Janet Cumbrae Stewart were also involved. The four artists, all of whom were from Melbourne, gave the paintings free of charge. It was a huge undertaking. These paintings will be remembered as one of the greatest and most lasting philanthropic efforts made by Melbourne artists.
They all went on to have distinguished careers in the art world, which was unusual for women artists in Australia in the early 20th century. All four of these artists now work in Australia’s major public collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of NSW. This selection of watercolours is a rare and important example of a group of female artists from the early 20th century who each had their own artistic careers.
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