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
Facility Status Managed Opened Closed Capacity Location
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum[1]Demolished?18111826?Castle Hill, New South Wales
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane (Rozelle Hospital)[2][3]ClosedWarden: G Cleaver18852008[4]250Lilyfield
Cumberland HospitalOperational?1849250Parramatta
Darlinghurst GaolClosed?18411914?Darlinghurst
Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum)Closed?18381993?Gladesville, New South Wales
Kenmore Asylum[5]Closed?18952003700Goulburn
Morisset HospitalOperational???Morisset
Macquarie Hospital[6]Operational?1959[7]195North Ryde
Peat Island HospitalClosed?19112010?Peat Island
Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception HouseClosed?18681961?Darlinghurst
Port Macquarie Mental AsylumClosed????Port Macquarie
Rydalmere Mental HospitalClosed?18142016?Rydalmere
Bloomfield Mental HospitalClosed?1925??Orange
Orange Mental Health ServiceOperational2011?Orange
Total capacity?

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland
Mental asylums in Queensland
Facility Status Opened Closed Capacity Location
Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (Now referred to as: Goodna Mental Hospital)Operational1865?Wolston Park
Baillie Henderson HospitalOperational1890?Toowoomba
Ipswich Mental HospitalScheduled for Closure18782024?Ipswich
Mosman Hall Converted to Luxury Housing 1952 2001 ? Mosman
Total capacity?

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria
Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility Status Opened Closed Capacity Location
Yarra Bend AsylumDemolished184819251000+Fairfield, Melbourne
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital)Closed186519932000Ararat
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum)Demolished18661872?Carlton North, Melbourne
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills)Closed186719951200[8]Beechworth
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital)Closed1871[9]1988884 (in 1903)[10] Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital)Demolished18771997?Ballarat
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola)Closed18791985?Sunbury
Kew CottagesClosed18872007?Kew, Melbourne
Royal ParkClosed19091999?Parkville, Melbourne
Mont Park AsylumClosed19121999?Bundoora, Melbourne
Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital)[11]Demolished19631995193[12]Traralgon
Larundel Psychiatric HospitalNew housing built on site19532001[13]747[14]Bundoora, Melbourne
Brierly Mental HospitalDemolished1957[15]?200+Warrnambool
Thomas Embling HospitalOperational2000-116[16]Fairfield, Melbourne

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 HospitalClosed?190319721,114Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Fremantle Lunatic AsylumClosed?18651909?Fremantle, Western Australia
Graylands HospitalOperational1909-178Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Heathcote Mental HospitalClosed?19291994113Applecross, Western Australia
Perth HouseClosed?19091911?Perth, Western Australia
Roma HospitalClosed?19241925?Cottesloe, Western Australia
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital[17]Closed?1897197234Mundijong, Western Australia

See also

References
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  2. 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)
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  4. NSW Nurses' Association, Farewell Rozelle Hospital Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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  6. Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, "Macquarie Hospital" Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10/11/10
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  10. "Kew, Victoria (archived)". Australian Places. Monash University. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  11. "Traralgon (Hobson Park Hospital 1963-1971; Mental/Psychiatric Hospital 1971-1995)". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  12. Burrows, Bonny (27 October 2016). "Hobson Park 'ahead of its time'". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  13. Sandy Jeffs The Politics of Asylum Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006
  14. Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 27 August 2008
  15. SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004 Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2008-09-29
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