List of Australian mental asylums

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

Contents

[edit] Australian Capital Territory

[edit] 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] Operational Warden: G Cleaver 1885  ? 250 Lilyfield
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.
  • Baillie Henderson, Est 1890, Toowoomba.

[edit] South Australia

  • Glenside Hospital
  • Hillcrest Hospital

[edit] Tasmania

[edit] 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  ?  ? Beechworth
Collingwood Asylum (Carlton Lunatic Asylum) Demolished N/A 1866 1872  ? Collingwood, Melbourne
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Hospital) Closed N/A 1871 1988  ? Kew, Melbourne
Kew Cottages Closed N/A 1887 2007  ? Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital) Closed N/A 1867  ?  ? Ballarat
Mont Park Hospital For The Insane (Larundel) Closed  ? 1912  ?  ? Bundoora, Melbourne
Royal Park Hospital For The Insane 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 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