Lake Grace Australian Inland Mission Hospital Museum Overview

Lake Grace Australian Inland Mission Hospital Museum

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One of only three Australian Inland Mission Hospitals left in Australia.

Hospitals and medical staff were a rarity in the early 1900s. Hospitals were often funded by communities and religious organisations, such as the Australian Inland Mission (AIM), or champions like Presbyterian Reverend John Flynn, better known as Flynn of the Outback. Outback hospitals serviced very large areas. The Lake Grace AIM Hospital opened in 1926 and serviced an area of 16,000km2. Today, there are very few AIM hospitals left in Australia. This collection includes two original hospital beds and a microscope from the hospital's longest serving doctor.

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Address:

Stubbs Street
Lake Grace WA 6353
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9865 2140

Email:

lgvisitorcentre@westnet.com.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm

Dr Clarke’s microscope

Dr Margaret Clark worked at the Lake Grace hospital from 1932 to 1960. She performed all medical care including surgery, dental surgery, delivering babies and counselling people. Dr Clarke received an...

Hospital bed

An original hospital bed.

This is one of the original hospital beds. The hospital originally contained a men’s and women’s ward, a kitchen, matron’s office and nursing accommodation on the first floor. Due to overcrowding, the...

Merredin Regional Library

Old school local history collection and research in the library

The local history collection at the Merredin Library was started to gather items not connected to military and railway history, captured in other local collections. The Merredin Library is located in...

The Windmills Shed

A farmer's love of windmills

A collection not to be missed! The extremely rare Steel Wings windmill at the entrance to Wimera Farm signal that this is a special visitor experience. The windmill collection, developed by local...

Old Police Complex

A country police station

The first Laverton police station is described by the guide as ‘tents, tin and fibro,’ with the prisoners brutally chained to logs. In 1899 the original jail was moved from the close-by settlement of...

Goomalling School Museum

Remember the days of the old school yard

You can't miss this museum: look out for the vintage school bus next to the old Headmaster’s house. Inside, the museum feels like someone just upped and left the house, without packing up, and just...