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Queensland - Organisation
Brisbane Mental Hospital (1940 - 1963)
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Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock, 2001, courtesy of Queensland Heritage Register, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.
DETAILS
- From
- c. 1940
- To
- 1963
- Categories
- Disability Institution, Government-run
- Location
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The Brisbane Mental Hospital, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State run facility. The hospital, originally named the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, was first established in 1865 on a 120 acre horse stud farm owned by Dr Stephen Simpson. The Brisbane Mental Hospital was previously known as the Goodna Hospital for the Insane.
It is known that children who were wards of the state were placed at the Brisbane Mental Hospital in the 1960s.
Timeline
- 1898 - 1940
- Goodna Hospital for the Insane
- 1940 - 1963
- Brisbane Mental Hospital
- 1963 - 1969
- Brisbane Special Hospital
- Series Title
- Registers of Patients and Admission Books (1861 - 1994)
- Date Range
- 1861 - 1994
- Reference
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19140
[Queensland State Archives Series ID]
- Contact
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Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
DETAILS
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Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock