Karori Lunatic Asylum

Karori Lunatic Asylum
Karori Lunatic Asylum
Geography
Location	Karori, New Zealand
Coordinates	41°17′05″S 174°44′30″E
History
Opened	1854
Closed	1873
Links
Lists	Hospitals in New Zealand

Karori Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Karori. Established in 1854, it was New Zealand's first asylum. The first patient was admitted in the same year, but it would be 1858 before a second patient arrived.[1] Poorly run by untrained staff, there was only an occasional doctor's visit, and no attempt at cures. By 1871, there were 23 patients with a variety of disorders. The facility closed in 1873 with the patients transferred to Mount View Lunatic Asylum. In 1975, Karori School opened on the grounds of Karori Lunatic Asylum.[2]

References

"The Mount View Lunatic Asylum". Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. 2008.
Dekker, Dian (30 July 2011). "Conquering Karori It's sprawling, popular, and has a past. A new history of Karori recalls how only three lifetimes ago the place was forest". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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[nzetc.org2008-1] "The Mount View Lunatic Asylum". Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. 2008.

[Dekker2011-2] Dekker, Dian (30 July 2011). "Conquering Karori It's sprawling, popular, and has a past. A new history of Karori recalls how only three lifetimes ago the place was forest". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 7 September 2011.