List of psychiatric hospitals in Australia
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 | |||||||
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Facility | Status | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location | |
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum[1] | Demolished | ? | 1811 | 1826 | ? | Castle Hill, New South Wales | |
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane (Rozelle Hospital)[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, New South Wales | |
Kenmore Asylum[5] | Closed | ? | 1895 | 2003 | 700 | Goulburn | |
Morisset Hospital | Operational | ? | ? | ? | Morisset | ||
Macquarie Hospital[6] | Operational | ? | 1959[7] | 195 | North Ryde | ||
Closed | ? | 1911 | 2010 | ? | Peat Island | ||
Closed | ? | 1868 | 1961 | ? | Darlinghurst | ||
Closed | ? | ? | ? | ? | Port Macquarie | ||
Closed | ? | 1814 | 2016 | ? | Rydalmere | ||
Bloomfield Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1925 | ? | ? | Orange | |
Orange Mental Health Service | Operational | 2011 | ? | Orange | |||
Total capacity | ? |
Northern Territory[]
There are no asylums known to have existed.
Queensland[]
Mental asylums in Queensland | ||||||
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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 | ? | Mosman | |
Total capacity | ? |
South Australia[]
Tasmania[]
- Cascades Female Factory
- Royal Derwent Hospital (Willow Court) - This hospital was the oldest operating hospital for the mentally ill in Australia, operating from 1830–2000
- Royal Hobart Hospital Unit K
- Northside Clinic
- Millbrook Rise
- Spencer Clinic
Victoria[]
Mental asylums in Victoria | ||||||
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Facility | Status | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location | |
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[8] | Beechworth | |
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital) | Closed | 1871[9] | 1988 | 884 (in 1903)[10] | 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 | |
()[11] | Demolished | 1963 | 1995 | 193[12] | Traralgon | |
New housing built on site | 1953 | 2001[13] | 747[14] | Bundoora, Melbourne | ||
Demolished | 1957[15] | ? | 200+ | Warrnambool | ||
Thomas Embling Hospital | Operational | 2000 | - | 116[16] | Fairfield, Melbourne |
in Preston (short lived). in south east Melbourne.
Western Australia[]
Mental asylums in Western Australia | |||||||
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Facility | Status | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location | |
Claremont Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1903 | 1972 | 1,114 | Mount Claremont, Western Australia | |
Fremantle Lunatic Asylum | Closed | ? | 1865 | 1909 | ? | Fremantle, Western Australia | |
Graylands Hospital | Operational | 1909 | - | 178 | Mount Claremont, Western Australia | ||
Heathcote Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1929 | 1994 | 113 | Applecross, Western Australia | |
Perth House | Closed | ? | 1909 | 1911 | ? | Perth, Western Australia | |
Roma Hospital | Closed | ? | 1924 | 1925 | ? | Cottesloe, Western Australia | |
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital[17] | Closed | ? | 1897 | 1972 | 34 | Mundijong, Western Australia |
See also[]
- List of Australian prisons
- List of hospitals in Australia
References[]
- ^ The Castle Hill lunatic asylum (1811–1826) and the origins of eclectic pragmatism in Australian psychiatry.; [1]
- ^ 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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ NSW Health, The Rozelle Hospital, Facility Information Archived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 04/11/06
- ^ NSW Nurses' Association, Farewell Rozelle Hospital Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kenmore Hospital Complex". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, "Macquarie Hospital" Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10/11/10
- ^ State Records Archives Investigator, "Agency Detail" Accessed 10/11/10
- ^ La Trobe University Beechworth Site details Accessed 5/9/08
- ^ PROV, Agency VA 2840 [2], Accessed 27 August 2008
- ^ "Kew, Victoria (archived)". Australian Places. Monash University. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Traralgon (Hobson Park Hospital 1963-1971; Mental/Psychiatric Hospital 1971-1995)". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Burrows, Bonny (27 October 2016). "Hobson Park 'ahead of its time'". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Sandy Jeffs The Politics of Asylum Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006
- ^ Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 27 August 2008
- ^ SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004 Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2008-09-29
- ^ Forensicare. Thomas Embling Hospital Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5/5/12
- ^ "Whitby Falls Hospital". State Records Office of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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