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 Mental Hospital 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 Operational2000116 [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 Operational1909178 Mount Claremont
Heathcote Mental Hospital Closed ?19291994113 Applecross
Perth HouseClosed ?19091911 ? Perth
Roma HospitalClosed ?19241925 ? Cottesloe
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital [18] Closed ?1897197234 Mundijong

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