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 AsylumThe Castle Hill lunatic asylum (1811–1826) and the origins of eclectic pragmatism in Australian psychiatry.; Demolished ? 1811 1826 ? Castle Hill Callan Park Hospital for the InsaneFriends of Callan Park; The Future of Callan Park: A suggested Vision and Way Forward; 14 August 2003; NSW Health, The Rozelle Hospital, Facility Information , Accessed 04/11/06 Closed Warden: G Cleaver 1885 2008NSW Nurses' Association, Farewell Rozelle Hospital 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 Closed ? 1895 2003 700 Goulburn Morisset Hospital Operational ? ? ? Morisset Macquarie HospitalNorthern Sydney Central Coast Health, "Macquarie Hospital" Accessed 10/11/10 Operational ? 1959State Records Archives Investigator, "Agency Detail" Accessed 10/11/10 195 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 Psychiatric Hospital Closed ? 1814 2016 ? Rydalmere Bloomfield Mental Hospital Closed ? 1925 ? ? Orange Orange Mental Health Service Operational 2011 ? Orange Stockton Mental Hospital 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 IpswichMosman HallConverted to Luxury Housing19522001?Charters TowersTotal capacity ?
South Australia Glenside Hospital James Nash House
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 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 1200La Trobe University Beechworth Site details Accessed 5/9/08 Beechworth Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital) Closed 1871PROV, Agency VA 2840 , Accessed 27 August 2008 1988 884 (in 1903) 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) Demolished 1963 1995 193Traralgon Larundel Psychiatric Hospital New housing built on site 1953 2001Sandy Jeffs The Politics of Asylum Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006 747Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History , Accessed 27 August 2008 Bundoora, Melbourne Brierly Mental Hospital Demolished 1957SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004 Accessed 2008-09-29 1996 200+ Warrnambool Thomas Embling Hospital Operational 2000 – 116Forensicare. Thomas Embling Hospital retrieved 5/5/12 Fairfield, MelbournePlenty HospitalClosedBundooraGresswell HospitalClosed
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 Closed ? 1897 1972 34 Mundijong
See also List of Australian prisons List of hospitals in Australia
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