Holmwood History
Do you know our history?
Do you know that Holmwood Aged Care has been a Nursing home since the 1970s? And before that it was a beautiful guest house with bullnose verandas and a tariff of -30/ - week back in the 1920s. Holmwood Guest House was promoted as having Electric Light Throughout, Sewered, Hot Water Service, Radio, Asphalt Tennis Court, Croquet and its own Farm Produce. Back then the phone number was simply ‘209’. In August 1979, then owner Pauline O’Brien converted her house at this address into ‘Holmwood’ nursing home where she was the Director of Nursing. In 2014, Holmwood changed ownership, and neighbouring land was purchased with plans to build an extension to the existing aged care home. On the 6th August 2018 the modern extension opened its doors, and in 2020 we opened our latest extension adding on our Sedgwick House. The humble homes origins of 25 beds had expanded to being able to comfortably home more than three times that amount with beautiful modern amenities. With a long and proud history of serving care to our residents and the community, the original building (known today as Coranderrk House) looks vastly different to what it did only 15 years ago. Where once the front door stood is now a beautiful single room and ensuite- the lovely Coranderrk dining room used to be a 4-bed ward; and our lounge and activities area used to be communal showers and bathrooms. And while the building has changed with the times to a beautiful modern home the core values and care remain the same- as does the passion of those who work within.
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