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

Australian Capital Territory

There are no institutions known to have existed.

New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum[1] Demolished ? 1811 1826 ? Castle Hill
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane[2][3] Closed Warden: G Cleaver 1885 2008[4] 250 Lilyfield
Cumberland Hospital Operational ? 1849 250 Parramatta
Darlinghurst Gaol Closed ? 1841 1914 ? Darlinghurst
Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum) Closed ? 1838 1993 ? Gladesville
Kenmore Asylum[5] Closed ? 1895 2003 700 Goulburn
Morisset Hospital Operational ? ? ? Morisset
Macquarie Hospital[6] Operational ? 1959[7] 195 North Ryde
Peat Island Hospital Closed ? 1911 2010 ? Peat Island
Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception House Closed ? 1868 1961 ? Darlinghurst
Port Macquarie Mental Asylum Closed ? ? ? ? Port Macquarie
Rydalmere Mental Hospital Closed ? 1814 2016 ? Rydalmere
Bloomfield Mental Hospital Closed ? 1925 ? ? Orange
Orange Mental Health Service Operational 2011 ? Orange
Stockton Mental Hospital[8] Closed ? 1917 1989 ? Stockton

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland

Mental asylums in Queensland
Facility Status Opened Closed Capacity Location
The Park Centre for Mental Health Operational 1865 192 Wolston Park
Baillie Henderson Hospital Operational 1890 >400 Toowoomba
Ipswich Mental Hospital Scheduled for Closure 1878 2024 >600 Ipswich
Mosman Hall Converted to Luxury Housing 1952 2001 ? Charters Towers
Total capacity ?

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility Status Opened Closed Capacity Location
The Melbourne Clinic Open 1978 ? 203 Richmond, Melbourne
Yarra Bend Asylum Demolished 1848 1925 1000+ Fairfield, Melbourne
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital) Closed 1865 1993 2000 Ararat
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum) Demolished 1866 1872 ? Carlton North, Melbourne
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills) Closed 1867 1995 1200[9] Beechworth
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital) Closed 1871[10] 1988 884 (in 1903)[11] Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital) Demolished 1877 1997 ? Ballarat
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola) Closed 1879 1985 ? Sunbury
Kew Cottages Closed 1887 2007 ? Kew, Melbourne
Royal Park Closed 1909 1999 ? Parkville, Melbourne
Mont Park Asylum Closed 1912 1999 ? Bundoora, Melbourne
Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital)[12] Demolished 1963 1995 193[13] Traralgon
Larundel Psychiatric Hospital New housing built on site 1953 2001[14] 747[15] Bundoora, Melbourne
Brierly Mental Hospital Demolished 1957[16] 1996 200+ Warrnambool
Thomas Embling Hospital Operational 2000 - 116[17] Fairfield, Melbourne
Plenty Hospital Closed Bundoora
Gresswell Hospital Closed

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

Western Australia

Mental asylums in Western Australia
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Claremont Mental Hospital Closed ? 1903 1972 1,114 Mount Claremont
Fremantle Lunatic Asylum Closed ? 1865 1909 ? Fremantle
Graylands Hospital Operational 1909 - 178 Mount Claremont
Heathcote Mental Hospital Closed ? 1929 1994 113 Applecross
Perth House Closed ? 1909 1911 ? Perth
Roma Hospital Closed ? 1924 1925 ? Cottesloe
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital[18] Closed ? 1897 1972 34 Mundijong

See also

References

  1. ^ The Castle Hill lunatic asylum (1811–1826) and the origins of eclectic pragmatism in Australian psychiatry.; [1]
  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 [2], 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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