Armadale Health Service

Armadale Hospital was established in 1929 on Church Avenue, Armadale as a private hospital consisting of four maternity beds and one general bed. In 1948 an Act of Parliament declared Armadale Hospital a public hospital and this provided extra resources that led to a new 36-bed hospital opening on Albany Highway in 1964. The site at Church Avenue continued to provide maternity services to the community until 1971 when a new maternity wing with 32 beds was added to the hospital on Albany Highway. The Church Avenue site was later converted to provide services for people with physical and mental disabilities.