Glenside Hospital (Adelaide)
| Glenside Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Fullarton Road, Glenside, SA, Australia |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Mental health |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Glenside Health Services is a psychiatric hospital in Glenside, South Australia.[1]
It has previously been known as Parkside Lunatic Asylum, Parkside Mental Hospital and Glenside Hospital.[2]
History
The Public Colonial Lunatic Asylum of South Australia was founded at the site in 1846 as the state's first purpose-run asylum to house residents deemed mentally ill. It operated until 1852 and the site was not used for such purposes for eighteen years.[2]
It opened as Parkside Lunatic Asylum in 1870. It renamed to Parkside Mental Hospital in 1913, and then to Glenside Hospital in 1967.[2]
The hospital peaked at 2000 beds in 1950, but in 2016 had only 119.[3] 2.14 hectares of the original site was sold to Beach Energy 2014. [3]
References
- ↑ Glenside Health Services, Australian Government
- 1 2 3 Williamson, Brett (11 August 2011). "Inside Glenside: A history of mental health in Adelaide". ABC 891 Adelaide. Adelaide: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
The Parkside Lunatic Asylum opened in 1870 and soon became the home for Adelaide's chronic mental health patients.
- 1 2 The dark, disturbing past of Glenside’s Z Ward, the lunatic asylum, Adelaide Now, April 24, 2016
Coordinates: 34°56′35″S 138°37′30″E / 34.943°S 138.625°E