List of psychiatric hospitals in Australia

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

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Australian Capital Territory

There are no institutions known to have existed.

New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales
FacilityStatusManagedOpenedClosedCapacityLocation
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum [1] Demolished?18111826? Castle Hill
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane [2] [3] ClosedWarden: G Cleaver18852008 [4] 250 Lilyfield
Cumberland Hospital Operational?1849250 Parramatta
Darlinghurst Gaol Closed?18411914? Darlinghurst
Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum)Closed?18381993? Gladesville
Kenmore Asylum [5] Closed?18952003700 Goulburn
Morisset Hospital Operational??? Morisset
Macquarie Hospital [6] Operational?1959 [7] 195 North Ryde
Peat Island Hospital Closed?19112010? Peat Island
Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception House Closed?18681961? Darlinghurst
Port Macquarie Mental Asylum Closed???? Port Macquarie
Rydalmere Psychiatric Hosptial Closed?18142016? Rydalmere
Bloomfield Mental Hospital Closed?1925?? Orange
Orange Mental Health Service Operational2011? Orange
Stockton Mental Hospital [8] Closed?19171989? Stockton

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland

Mental asylums in Queensland
FacilityStatusOpenedClosedCapacityLocation
The Park Centre for Mental Health Operational1865192Wolston Park
Baillie Henderson Hospital Operational1890>400 Toowoomba
Ipswich Mental Hospital Scheduled for Closure18782024>600 Ipswich
Mosman HallConverted to Luxury Housing19522001? Charters Towers
Total capacity?

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
FacilityStatusOpenedClosedCapacityLocation
The Melbourne Clinic Open1978?203 Richmond, Melbourne
Yarra Bend Asylum Demolished184819251000+ Fairfield, Melbourne
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital)Closed186519932000 Ararat
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum)Demolished18661872? Carlton North, Melbourne
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills)Closed186719951200 [9] Beechworth
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital)Closed1871 [10] 1988884 (in 1903) [11] Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital)Demolished18771997? Ballarat
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola)Closed18791985? Sunbury
Kew Cottages Closed18872007? Kew, Melbourne
Royal Park Closed19091999? Parkville, Melbourne
Mont Park Asylum Closed19121999? Bundoora, Melbourne
Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital) [12] Demolished19631995193 [13] Traralgon
Larundel Psychiatric Hospital New housing built on site19532001 [14] 747 [15] Bundoora, Melbourne
Brierly Mental Hospital Demolished1957 [16] 1996200+ Warrnambool
Thomas Embling Hospital Operational2000–116 [17] Fairfield, Melbourne
Plenty HospitalClosedBundoora
Gresswell HospitalClosed

Pleasant View Receiving House in Preston (short lived). Heatherton Hospital in south east Melbourne.

Western Australia

Mental asylums in Western Australia
FacilityStatusManagedOpenedClosedCapacityLocation
Claremont Mental Hospital Closed?190319721,114 Mount Claremont
Fremantle Lunatic Asylum Closed?18651909? Fremantle
Graylands Hospital Operational1909–178 Mount Claremont
Heathcote Mental Hospital Closed?19291994113 Applecross
Perth HouseClosed?19091911? Perth
Roma HospitalClosed?19241925? Cottesloe
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital [18] Closed?1897197234 Mundijong

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Castle Hill lunatic asylum (1811–1826) and the origins of eclectic pragmatism in Australian psychiatry.;
  2. ↑ Friends of Callan Park; The Future of Callan Park: A suggested Vision and Way Forward; 14 August 2003; "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ NSW Health, The Rozelle Hospital, Facility Information Archived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine , Accessed 04/11/06
  4. ↑ NSW Nurses' Association, Farewell Rozelle Hospital Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Kenmore Hospital Complex". Office of Environment & Heritage . Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, "Macquarie Hospital" Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10/11/10
  7. ↑ State Records Archives Investigator, "Agency Detail" Accessed 10/11/10
  8. ↑ "Stockton Mental Hospital (1917 - 1989)". Find & Connect. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ↑ La Trobe University Beechworth Site details Accessed 5/9/08
  10. ↑ PROV, Agency VA 2840 , Accessed 27 August 2008
  11. ↑ "Kew, Victoria (archived)". Australian Places. Monash University. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Traralgon (Hobson Park Hospital 1963-1971; Mental/Psychiatric Hospital 1971-1995)". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  13. ↑ Burrows, Bonny (27 October 2016). "Hobson Park 'ahead of its time'". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Sandy Jeffs The Politics of Asylum Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006
  15. ↑ Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Accessed 27 August 2008
  16. ↑ SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004 Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2008-09-29
  17. ↑ Forensicare. Thomas Embling Hospital Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5/5/12
  18. ↑ "Whitby Falls Hospital". State Records Office of Western Australia . Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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