List of Australian mental asylums

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

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[edit] Australian Capital Territory

[edit] New South Wales

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

[edit] Northern Territory

[edit] 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 pscho-geriatric units.
  • Palm Beach Currumbin Clinic, QLD's largest private psychiatric hospital
  • St Vincent’s Hospital, Robina

[edit] South Australia

[edit] Tasmania

[edit] Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Aradale Mental Hospital Museum  ?  ?  ?  ? Ararat
Lakeside Mental Hospital Closed  ?  ?  ?  ? Ballarat
Yarra Bend Asylum Closed  ?  ?  ?  ? Melbourne
Total capacity ?

Caloola in Sunbury. Mayday Hills in Beechworth. Pleasant Creek near Stawell. Janefield and Kingsbury in northern Melbourne.

[edit] Western Australia

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fiends 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
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