Greenvale Sanatorium |
On 10th May 1905 a Tuberculosis Sanatorium, The Sanatorium for Consumptives, Greenvale Sanatorium was opened. The former Greenvale tuberculosis sanatorium was the first purpose-built public tuberculosis institution in Victoria.
399 acres (160 ha), that part of Yuroke section 1 to the west of Providence Road, was reserved for the sanatorium.
On the aerial photo map of the park it comprises areas 2 to 5 plus A and B and the private land to the north of area 2.
The original buildings were to the west of the letter A on the map, with the rest of area A not developed until later.
The only way to describe today the former Greenvale Sanatorium is spooky!
It was particularly important in providing for sufferers in 'reduced circumstances,' whose nutritional and living conditions made them particularly prone to this highly contagious, deadly and much-feared disease which was known colloquially as the 'white death'.
Greenvale Sanitorium or as it was later known North West Hospital remained hidden in bushland along a dirt road near Melbourne airport after its closure. It was later demolished for expansion of 'Woodlands Historic Park'.
whp.altervista.org
whp.altervista.org website provides information about Woodlands Historic Park as it is today, as well as some aspects of its history including Greenvale Sanatorium, the first purpose-built public tuberculosis institution in Victoria.
greenvalesanatorium.com
greenvalesanatorium.com is a historical information & picture archive of the Greenvale Sanatorium site.
❊ Venue | Location ❊
Woodlands Historic Park & Homestead [ view ]Oaklands Road, Greenvale Victoria 3059 View Map
❊ Web Links ❊
➼ Greenvale Sanatorium
➼ www.wikipedia.org/Greenvale
➼ www.haunted-australia.com.au
➼ www.impulsegamer.com
➼ www.photobucket.com/Greenvale-Hosppital
➼ altervista.org
➼ GreenvaleSanatorium.com
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