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This is a list of operational and former Australian mental asylums, and psychiatric hospitals.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Port Macquarie Mental Asylum Closed ? ? ? ? Port Macquarie
Darlinghurst Gaol Closed ? 1841 1914 ? Darlinghurst
Morisset Hospital Operational ? ? ? ? Morisset
Cumberland Hospital Operational ? ? ? ? Parramatta
St Vincent's: CARITAS Operational ? ? ? ? Darlinghurst
Rozelle Hospital[1][2] Closed Warden: G Cleaver 1885 2008[3] 250 Lilyfield
Total capacity ?

Northern Territory

Queensland

  • Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, later renamed to Goodna Asylum and later to Goodna Mental Hospital and is now referred to a Wolston Park Hospital which still operates and has maximum and minimum facilities along with psycho-geriatric units.
  • Palm Beach Currumbin Clinic, QLD's largest private psychiatric hospital
  • St Vincent’s Hospital, Robina.
  • Baillie Henderson, Est 1890, Toowoomba.

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital) Closed N/A 1865 1993 ? Ararat
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills) Closed ? 1867 1995 1000+[4] Beechworth
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum) Demolished N/A 1866 1872 ? Carlton North, Melbourne
Kew Asylum (Willsmere) Closed N/A 1871 [5] 1988 884 (in 1903[6]) Kew, Melbourne
Kew Cottages Closed N/A 1887 2007 ? Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital) Closed N/A 1867 ? ? Ballarat
Brierly Closed N/A 1957[7] ? ? Warrnambool
Larundel Closed N/A 1938 1999[8] 747 [9] Bundoora, Melbourne
Mont Park Asylum Closed ? 1912 ? ? Bundoora, Melbourne
Royal Park Closed N/A 1909 2000 ? Parkville, Melbourne
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola) Closed N/A 1879 ? ? Sunbury
Yarra Bend Asylum Demolished N/A 1848 1925 ? Fairfield, Melbourne
Total capacity ?

Pleasant View Receiving House in Preston (short lived).Janefield Colony (mental retardation), Bundoora. Heatherton Hospital in south east Melbourne.

Western Australia

See also

References

  1. ^ Friends of Callan Park; The Future of Callan Park : A suggested Vision and Way Forward; 14 August 2003; [1]
  2. ^ NSW Health, The Rozelle Hospital, Facility Information, Accessed 04/11/06
  3. ^ NSW Nurses' Associaion, Farewell Rozelle Hospital Accessed 31/8/08
  4. ^ La Trobe University BeechworthSite detailsAccessed 5/9/08
  5. ^ PROV, Agency VA 2840 [2], Accessed 27/8/08
  6. ^ The Australian Handbook (1903) Kew Accessed 28/08/2008
  7. ^ SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004 Accessed 2008-09-29
  8. ^ Sandy JeffsThe Politics of Asylum Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006
  9. ^ Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History, Accessed 27/08/2008
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