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Records of Sunbury Mental Hospital, Public Record Office Victoria

These records were created by Sunbury Mental Hospital and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at the hospital. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Sunbury Mental Hospital, including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge…

Sunbury Mental Hospital

The Sunbury Mental Hospital was opened by the Victorian Government at Sunbury in 1879 on the site that had previously been used as the Sunbury Industrial School. It was initially known as the Sunbury Asylum, then from 1905 to 1934 as the Sunbury Hospital for Insane, then Sunbury Mental Hospital until 1962, then Sunbury Training…

Beechworth Mental Hospital

This is a photograph of Beechworth Mental Hospital (then known as Beechworth Asylum) taken around the time of it’s opening in 1867. It shows a very large two to three storey building, with large wings built on either side of a central entrance. The building is surrounded by large gardens and lawns. Several people can…

Records of Beechworth Mental Hospital, Public Record Office Victoria

These records were created by Beechworth Mental Hospital and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at the hospital. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Beechworth Mental Hospital, including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge…

Beechworth Mental Hospital

The Beechworth Mental Hospital was opened by the Victorian Government at Beechworth in 1867. It was initially known as the Beechworth Asylum, then from 1905 to 1934 as the Beechworth Hospital for Insane, then Beechworth Mental Hospital until 1967, and finally as Mayday Hills Mental Hospital & Mayday Hills Psychiatric Hospital until its closure around…

Records of Larundel, Public Record Office Victoria

These records were created by Larundel Hospital and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at Larundel. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Larundel, potentially including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge registers,  patient movement…

Larundel

Larundel Mental Hospital was officially established by the Victorian Mental Hygiene Branch in 1953. It was located on the same site as the Mont Park Mental Hospital, and had been constructed to ease overcrowding there and at other Victorian hospitals like the Kew Mental Hospital. Larundel was primarily a hospital for short and long-term adult…

Larundel, Blocks A and B, front

This is a photograph of the main hospital block, also known as ward blocks A and B, at Larundel. It shows a large red brick two-storey building in mock tudor style. The building is covered in graffiti, and all of the windows have been boarded up. It is surrounded by security fencing.

Larundel Psychiatric Hospital

This is a photograph of ward and hospital blocks at Larundel. It shows several large two-storey brick buildings in mock-tudor style, with grasslands in the foreground. This photo was taken several years before Larundel opened as a hospital.

Larundel Psychiatric Hospital

This is a photograph of the main hospital block at Larundel. It shows a large two-storey brick building in mock-tudor style. This photo was taken several years before Larundel opened as a hospital.